About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
printed by Imprimerie Charles Trinocq (French, active 19th century)
later published by Maison Martinet (French, active 19th century)
later published in Le Charivari (French, 1832-1915)

"- How are you feeling today, Mr. Chapolard? - Madame Pochet, a concierge who knows how to behave, should address her landlord only in the third person. - How can I talk to you in the third person, since you are the first person I am seeing this morning," plate 11 from Croquis Parisiens, 1852

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
259 x 215 mm (image); 360 x 275 mm (sheet)
Sidney A. Kent Fund, gift of Martin A. Ryerson and the Print and Drawing Club, 1923.58

Daumier Register 2321 I/III; Delteil 2321 I/III; Hazard-Delteil 1464 I/II