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Series Title: News of the Day

The ogre and his little Tom Thumb

1854

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer

Destouches

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Newsprint
Measurements
Sheet: 26.2 x 30.1 cm (10 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Image: 20.7 x 26.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector 1947.323
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 2490 ; Hazard-Delteil 2991 + 1202
State
I/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (June 23, 1854) as plate 69 from the series News of the Day.
A horizontally oriented lithograph in black ink on cream paper depicts a large man with a light skin tone reclining against a tree with closed eyes. He wears a plumed helmet and a military uniform with a sash crossing his protruding belly. To the right, a smaller figure in a tasseled cap pulls a tall boot from the man's leg. Another boot rests on the ground. Sparse clouds and text appear in the margins.

The ogre and his little Tom Thumb

1854

Honoré Daumier, Destouches

(French, 1808–1879)
France, 19th century

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