Lithograph of an older man in a dark suit tasting soup from a spoon held by a cook in a kitchen with hanging pots.

Crocodile Soup: Daumier Lithograph, La Société d'acclimatation, Plate 7

A black-and-white lithograph shows an elderly man in a dark suit leaning forward to taste broth from a spoon held by a cook in a kitchen. Hanging copper pots, a steaming cauldron on a stove, and a French caption below complete the scene.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: 1858
Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with letterpress verso
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1457 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1858).
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