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“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad
1843
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.3 × 26 cm (7 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.8 × 32.3 cm (10 3/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1935.199
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad — Honoré Daumier. 1843.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 19.3 × 26 cm (7 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.8 × 32.3 cm (10 3/16 × 12 3/4 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.