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A Small Queue at the Entrance to the Palace of Industry. “- But I am telling you that I have a special entry permit! - Quite so, and this is why you are allowed to queue up already at the Obelisk.... otherwise you would have to start on the other side, close to the Etoile.... incidentally why not have a bite to eat while you are waiting... there is a charming little restaurant half way, plate 7 from Les Etrangers à Paris
1844
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24 × 20.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 26.7 cm (13 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.612
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. A Small Queue at the Entrance to the Palace of Industry. “- But I am telling you that I have a special entry permit! - Quite so, and this is why you are allowed to queue up already at the Obelisk.... otherwise you would have to start on the other side, close to the Etoile.... incidentally why not have a bite to eat while you are waiting... there is a charming little restaurant half way, plate 7 from Les Etrangers à Paris. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
A Small Queue at the Entrance to the Palace of Industry. “- But I am telling you that I have a special entry permit! - Quite so, and this is why you are allowed to queue up already at the Obelisk.... otherwise you would have to start on the other side, close to the Etoile.... incidentally why not have a bite to eat while you are waiting... there is a charming little restaurant half way, plate 7 from Les Etrangers à Paris — Honoré Daumier. 1844.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 24 × 20.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 26.7 cm (13 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.