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“- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse
1855
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper, with letterpress verso
- Dimensions
- Image: 19 × 22.6 cm (7 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 29.7 cm (9 13/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1935.223
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse — Honoré Daumier. 1855.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper, with letterpress verso. Dimensions: Image: 19 × 22.6 cm (7 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 29.7 cm (9 13/16 × 11 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.