About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

“- Ah, Théophile, what ghastly things I am reading about you. According to the book by Mr. Desbarolles, I can tell that you have in your palm the lines of a libertinage!… - Oh, well…,” plate 1 from Ces Bons Parisiens, 1860

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
210 x 274 mm (image); 274 x 359 mm (sheet)
William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment, 1953.597

Daumier Register 3241; Delteil 3241 III/III; Hazard-Delteil 961 II/II