# The Third-Class Carriage, in 19th-century France

Honoré Daumier painted this in 1864, aged 56. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> In the cramped wooden compartment of a third-class railway carriage, an old woman sits with her hands folded on a basket, flanked by a young mother nursing her baby and a sleeping boy, while rows of passengers in top hats crowd the benches behind.

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## The work

- Date: 1864
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (65.4 x 90.2 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.100.129
- 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.

## Walk on

- [More by Honoré Daumier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/honore-daumier?hang=749) (5 works)
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