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Black-and-white lithograph: a top-hatted man faces a man in a long coat holding a bouquet of flowers, with caption text below.

The Opening Night: Daumier lithograph of a man offered flowers

A black-and-white lithograph shows a top-hatted young man in a dark coat facing a older man in a long coat who holds a bouquet of pale flowers wrapped in paper. Caption text runs beneath the scene, and the page carries a printed heading and plate number.

Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date
1844
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1126 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1844).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment