1838
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Vous allez voir!... ça va arrêter le sang... is a 1838 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a tight, messy scene. One woman is leaning over another, holding a small mirror close to their face. The third person is holding what looks like a handkerchief or cloth. Everyone’s faces are drawn with sharp, exaggerated lines—some look worried, one seems upset. The sketch is rough and quick, like a sketch made fast. The artist used a technique that lets you see the newsprint underneath. It’s labeled with a French phrase that roughly means *"You’ll see… it’ll stop the blood."* Next, look up lithography to see how this sketch was made.
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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