"The thermometer of the engineer Chevalier was right... at 10 degrees the large rivers as well as the noses have cought a cold... just imagine that it might take three weeks for my nose to thaw!...," plate 5 from Paris L'hiver

Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879), 1845

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) ¹
Date: 1845 ¹
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper ¹
Original: 1,706 × 2,250 px ¹
License: Public domain (Art Institute of Chicago)
Credit: Art Institute of Chicago, Sidney A. Kent Fund, gift of Martin A. Ryerson and the Print and Drawing Club

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