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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21986.135
People
Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title
An endless wait at the station: "It's astounding! Usually the train is only three quarters of an hour late, and today we have already waited an hour and a half.... punctuality isn't the virtue of the railways.
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Les Chemins de Fer/Une Station Infiniment Trop Prolongée/"C'est étonnant! le convoi n'arrive pas! ordinairement il n'est en retard que de trois quatrs d'heure, et aujourd'hui voilà une heure et demie que nous attendons! ...l'exactitude n'est pas la politesse des wagons!"
Series/Book Title: Le Charivari, vol.12, 1843
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1843
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/56443

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
M21986.135
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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