1843
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
A Pleasure Trip to Paris is a 1843 by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows people going on a trip to Paris. It's an old print from 1843. The artist was making fun of how people traveled back then, which is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what life was like in the 19th century. You can learn more about similar art by looking at the work of artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879).
This print was published in La Caricature (June 18, 1843) as plate 24 from the series Review in Caricatures.
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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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