Barbé-Marbois

Honoré Daumier

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a seated person from the waist up in a side profile view. The individual is leaning back in a chair with their arms resting in their lap and hands clasped. They have a prominent nose and a solemn facial expression, with dark, closely cropped hair. The person is dressed in a long, dark, loose-fitting garment that covers their body and laps over the edges of the chair. The chair has a high back and carved, spiral armrests. The person is wearing dark shoes with white socks or undersides of the trousers slightly visible below the chair. The background is plain with a soft gradient of shading.