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“- What a shame that I don't speak Chinese... I would love to say something real nice to her and something rather nasty to her husband,” plate 4 from En Chine
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.4 × 26.3 cm (8 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 27.8 cm (10 9/16 × 11 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1935.212
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- What a shame that I don't speak Chinese... I would love to say something real nice to her and something rather nasty to her husband,” plate 4 from En Chine. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- What a shame that I don't speak Chinese... I would love to say something real nice to her and something rather nasty to her husband,” plate 4 from En Chine — Honoré Daumier. 1859.
Medium: Lithograph on buff wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 22.4 × 26.3 cm (8 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 27.8 cm (10 9/16 × 11 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.