# Une lecture intéressante et rafraichissante, in Honoré Daumier

Honoré Daumier made this in 1854, aged 46. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A balding man in spectacles sits by the water with his feet submerged, absorbed in his reading, while his companion beside him, feet likewise in the water, sits upright with her hands in her lap. His top hat waits on the ground. The caption calls it “an interesting and refreshing read”.

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## The work

- Date: 1854
- Medium: lithograph
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015.143.1157
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Honoré Daumier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/honore-daumier), French, 1808–1879

Daumier grew up in Paris after his family left Marseilles, and learned lithography as a young man.

5 works in the collection.

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