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A Rival of Mr. Hume's. “- Oh Adelaide, what an experience.... I just made the shadow of Sesostris appear in front of me! - And what did Sesostris say to you? - He spoke to me in French.. and called me a mug!,” plate 384 from Actualités
1857
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.5 × 24.9 cm (7 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.6 × 33.7 cm (10 1/8 × 13 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1953.587
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. A Rival of Mr. Hume's. “- Oh Adelaide, what an experience.... I just made the shadow of Sesostris appear in front of me! - And what did Sesostris say to you? - He spoke to me in French.. and called me a mug!,” plate 384 from Actualités. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
A Rival of Mr. Hume's. “- Oh Adelaide, what an experience.... I just made the shadow of Sesostris appear in front of me! - And what did Sesostris say to you? - He spoke to me in French.. and called me a mug!,” plate 384 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier. 1857.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 19.5 × 24.9 cm (7 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.6 × 33.7 cm (10 1/8 × 13 5/16 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.