About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

“- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales, 1845

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
255 x 217 mm (image); 349 x 255 mm (sheet)
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1968.51

Daumier Register 1394; Delteil 1394 I/II; Hazard-Delteil 2222