1853
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Vue ... et elévation des ... omnibus du boulevard ... is a 1853 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a crowded horse-drawn omnibus on a Paris street. People jam the open sides while the driver sits high above. Some wear top hats, others look crammed in. Daumier exaggerates faces and bodies for comic effect. That sharp satire feels modern—like a political cartoon today. It pokes fun at crowded city life in the 1850s. Look up lithography if you want to see how this print 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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