1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Je crois qu'on bat le rappel ... is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men in a dark room. One stands tall in a suit. The other bends forward in work clothes. Their faces almost touch. Daumier made this as a lithograph in 1848. It’s not a painting—he drew on stone, then inked it. That lets him show rough edges fast. His work often mocked politics and class. This isn’t just a picture. It’s a quick jab at power. Look up lithography if you want to see how it works.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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