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Ah! il prétend m'empêcher d'aller...

Honoré Daumier

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts three adult figures and an infant. Two women stand on the left, facing a man holding the baby on the right. The woman on the far left raises her arm, the central figure gazes intensely at the man, and the woman on the left has her back partially towards the viewer. The man has short, curled hair and an alarmed expression, and is dressed in a patterned outfit. The women have different hairstyles and wear dark dresses. The backdrop shows simple wall lines, likely representing an interior room.

Artwork Details

Date
1849
Medium
lithograph in black on newsprint
Dimensions
3476 × 4479 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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