The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

The Box Office at the Theater

1862, printed 1920

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
engraver

Charles Maurand

(French, 1824–1904)
printer

François Louis Schmied

(Swiss, 1873–1941)
France, 19th century
wood engraving
Image: 22.7 x 16 cm (8 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45.1 x 32.2 cm (17 3/4 x 12 11/16 in.)
Gift of Ralph King 1921.1500
Catalogue raisonné: Daumier Register 6010 ; Bouvy 931 ; Rümann 877 ; Fuchs 484
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This image was used in a stamp issued in 2008 by the French Post to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Daumier's birth.
  • ?-1921
    Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland Heights, OH
    December 22, 1921
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Urban Vicissitudes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-September 29, 1985).
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