Bobonne... ne le regarde pas tant!
Honoré Daumier, 1836
- Artist
- Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1836
- Type
- Medium
- hand-colored lithograph
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Licence
- Public domain, CC0
Image description
This is a painting of an orangutan enclosed behind bars in the upper part of the composition, while a crowd in colorful clothing stands below, looking up with various expressions. Among the crowd are individuals in vivid attire, including a figure dressed in a colorful robe, another in striped pants holding a hat, and others wearing formal hats. The expressions on their faces range from wide-eyed amazement to comedic dismay. This is in style of Honoré Daumier.