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Series Title: Ancient History

Aeneas and Dido

1842

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 33 x 23.8 cm (13 x 9 3/8 in.); Image: 24 x 19.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1965.541
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 939 ; Hazard-Delteil 1915
State
III/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (July 3, 1842) as plate 15 from the series Ancient History.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts a man and a woman with light skin tones walking through heavy diagonal rain. On our left, Aeneas wears a plumed helmet and cape, holding the arm of Dido on our right. Dido wears a long white gown. They move between dark, jagged rock formations. Text at the top reads "HISTOIRE ANCIENNE" and French verses appear below "ENEE ET DIDON" at the bottom.

Aeneas and Dido

1842

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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