About This Artwork
Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879
“- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation1858
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
201 x 256 mm (image); 257 x 360 mm (sheet)
The Art Institute of Chicago, RX20769/2116
Daumier Register 3071; Delteil 3071; Hazard-Delteil 2569
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display