1846
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mr. Alfred Cabassol ... recevez ce signe de l'honneur ... is a 1846 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows an older man pinning a medal onto a child’s coat. The child stands still while other kids watch, faces full of curiosity. The room is plain, just a table and a few chairs. Daumier loved drawing real life, not fancy scenes. He often made fun of politics but here he shows something kind instead. The medal looks heavy but the kid stands proud. He used a technique where ink sticks to grease, not water. Try looking up Daumier, Honoré next.
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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