Man Overboard
1843
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1843
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This print shows a man in a top hat flailing in dark water. A rescue boat speeds toward him, but the waves look ready to swallow him whole. Daumier made this for a daily paper. It mocked Parisian boatmen—even their rescues were slow and clumsy. The contrast between the man’s panic and the boat’s laziness makes it darkly funny. Look up Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) next.
