Art, literature & history
“- That's quite alright... isn't asphalt a marvellous invention?,” plate 1 from Paris L'hiver
1856
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 18.6 × 26.1 cm (7 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 25.9 × 34.3 cm (10 1/4 × 13 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1953.580
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- That's quite alright... isn't asphalt a marvellous invention?,” plate 1 from Paris L'hiver. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- That's quite alright... isn't asphalt a marvellous invention?,” plate 1 from Paris L'hiver — Honoré Daumier. 1856.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 18.6 × 26.1 cm (7 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 25.9 × 34.3 cm (10 1/4 × 13 9/16 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.