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Artist
- Name:
- Daumier, Honoré
- Dates:
- 1808-1879
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- National Gallery of Art Washington DC
Periodical
- Title:
- Le Charivari
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Published:
- Paris, 1843
Description
A mixed crowd of glum travelers is standing on a railway platform, enduring a protracted wait under the pouring rain.
This illustration was published in Le Charivari on November 13, 1843. It is the thirteenth lithograph in a series of sixteen titled Les chemins de fer.
The caption reads in the original French:
Une Station Infiniment Trop Prolongée
C’est étonnant ! le convoi n’arrive pas ! … ordinairement il n’est en retard que de trois quarts d’heure, et aujourd’hui voila une heure et demie que nous attendons !.. l’exactitude n’est pas la politesse des wagons !…
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, crowd, mixed genders, periodical, rain, sullen, transportation
