Well, fancy that! Deserted island or cannibals, Les Canotiers Parisiens

A black-and-white lithograph shows three men on a riverside path. A thin man on the left carries a long pole over his shoulder and grins, while two companions in aprons and hats walk with their backs partly turned, one gesturing outward. Dark smoky clouds and a small house fill the background.

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Date

1843

Medium

Lithograph in black, with additions in pen and brown ink and caption in pen and brown ink, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1344 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Celia and David Hilliard Endowment in memory of Sam and Marie-Louise Rosenthal