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Series Title: Ancient History

Hannibal's Crossing

1842

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 34 x 25.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 24.4 x 20.3 cm (9 5/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1965.545
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 952 ; Hazard-Delteil 1928
State
III/IV
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (October 6, 1842) as plate 28 from the series Ancient History.
A vertically oriented black ink lithograph on off-white paper depicts a light-skinned man, Hannibal, seated in a snowy mountain landscape. Wearing a plumed helmet and armor, he looks down at a glass jar labeled "BOCALUS CORNICHONUM." To our right, a large barrel is inscribed "BONUM VINAIGRUM D'ORLEANUS." In the distant background, tiny soldiers cluster in the snow. French text below the scene identifies it as "LE PASSAGE D'ANNIBAL."

Hannibal's Crossing

1842

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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