Je compte sur vous pour signer

Honoré Daumier

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a social interaction scene with text. In the image, two individuals sit conversing with each other. One person appears to be holding a document or book. They are seated on a bench in a lightly sketched interior space. Two figures are depicted walking away towards a partially open door on the right side. The background contains text cues possibly from a newspaper or a publication. The drawing uses cross-hatching and fine lines for shading in a mid-19th-century illustrative style.