M21986.135: 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.
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M21986.135
- People
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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
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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
- 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
- Permissions
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