About This Artwork
Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879
“- Just look at that! the train that's about to pass is lucky to have a narrow escape.... the whole affair would have blown up if I hadn't noticed in time... - What is it then, what is it? - Why, it's obvious, a needle has been placed right on the rail... luckily I saw it in just in time!,” plate 1 from Les Chemins De Fer1843
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
207 x 265 mm (image); 267 x 355 mm (sheet)
Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection, 1949.966
Daumier Register 1043; Delteil 1043 I/IV; Hazard-Delteil 1136
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display