Two men are depicted from the waist up in the image. They are both wearing formal robes, suggesting a professional setting, possibly as legal professionals. The man on the left has a smug expression with a wide smile and eyes looking downward. He has curly hair peeking out from beneath a rectangular hat. The man on the right is angled towards the left, appearing to lean in to converse with the other man, with his mouth slightly open. He has a defined nose and curly hair under a similar hat. Both are wearing dark robes with a light-colored collar. The man on the left is holding eyeglasses and rolled papers in his right hand. The background features shaded patterns, creating a neutral backdrop for the two figures.

Eh bien, mon cher, vous avez perdu ...

1864

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph
Collection no.: 2015.143.1278
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: NGA Open Access — unrestricted reuseLicense details

Honoré Daumier. Eh bien, mon cher, vous avez perdu .... National Gallery of Art, Washington. Open Access. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression to at most 100,000 bytes; no crop or generated content.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Eh bien, mon cher, vous avez perdu ... — Honoré Daumier. 1864.

Medium: lithograph.

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Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.143.1278. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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