Achilles and Agamemnon, plate from Physionomies Tragiques

A black-and-white lithograph shows two bearded, cloaked figures in caricature. At left, a helmeted man with arms folded gazes upward with a sneering expression; at right, a bearded man with curly hair laughs and gestures. Crosshatched shading and loose line define the draped garments and setting.

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Date

1851

Medium

Lithograph in black, with pen and brown ink and red and blue adhesive spots, from detached caption label, on white wove paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1226 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund