Black-and-white lithograph of two seated people on a terrace under a swarm of insects, while a third person swats at them with a hat.

The Advantage of Sharing the Fresh Air on an Italian Terrace with Insects, Pastorales

A black-and-white lithograph shows two seated figures on an open terrace while a swarm of insects fills the dusky sky above them. A man in a waistcoat leans forward at left, and a woman in a plaid dress holds a sheet of paper as a third figure flails a hat at the bugs.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: 1846
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2207 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1846).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

19th century humor lithograph seated figure satirical print daumier insects terrace plaid dress black and white