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“- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel by de Kock.... Oh my God.... where is this all going to end!!,” plate 22 from Professeurs Et Moutards
1846
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19 × 24.8 cm (7 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 32.8 cm (9 3/4 × 12 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1952.39
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel by de Kock.... Oh my God.... where is this all going to end!!,” plate 22 from Professeurs Et Moutards. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel by de Kock.... Oh my God.... where is this all going to end!!,” plate 22 from Professeurs Et Moutards — Honoré Daumier. 1846.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 19 × 24.8 cm (7 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 32.8 cm (9 3/4 × 12 15/16 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.