Art, literature & history
A Scientist Trying to Befriend His Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation
1858
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 20 × 25 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 36 cm (10 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1953.590
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. A Scientist Trying to Befriend His Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
A Scientist Trying to Befriend His Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation — Honoré Daumier. 1858.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 20 × 25 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 36 cm (10 7/16 × 14 3/16 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.