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Series Title: The Banqueters

What a stupid idea we had...

1849

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 25.4 x 20.7 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1966.408
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 1790 ; Hazard-Delteil 682
State
III/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published as plate 9 from the series The Banqueters.
A vertically oriented black-inked lithograph depicts two men with light skin tones struggling in churning waves. To our left, a man clings to a thick wooden post. Below, a second man reaches forward while partially submerged. A kettle flies through the background air. Above, text reads "LES BANQUETEURS." Inscribed below is "— Quelle fichu idée nous avons eu de venir contempler l'arrivée de la marée! . . . ."

What a stupid idea we had...

1849

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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