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Series Title: Bohemians of Paris

The Pedestrian

1841

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Beige wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 34.6 x 26.8 cm (13 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.); Image: 24.5 x 17.7 cm (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1922.375
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 836 ; Hazard-Delteil 405
State
III/V
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published as plate 15 from the series Bohemians of Paris. Some examples of the print, like this one, have the title The pedestrian (La Marcheuse), while others used the title The Nurse (La Garde-malade).
A vertically oriented lithograph depicts an older woman with a light skin tone standing in a dark doorway. Facing our left with lips curved upward and hands clasped, she wears a hooded shawl and light apron over a dark dress. Dense, textured lithographic lines shade the composition, creating high contrast between the light on her wrinkled face and the deep shadows of the wall. Text below reads "LA MARCHEUSE" and "Psit !!!..."

The Pedestrian

1841

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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