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The Parisian “- Tell me, good man, what are you doing with all these cows once they have become old and don't give milk any more? The Cowherd “- Silly question... we make oxen out of them!,” plate 13 from Ces Bons Parisiens
1857
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.4 × 25.5 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 35.7 cm (10 × 14 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1929.663
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. The Parisian “- Tell me, good man, what are you doing with all these cows once they have become old and don't give milk any more? The Cowherd “- Silly question... we make oxen out of them!,” plate 13 from Ces Bons Parisiens. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Parisian “- Tell me, good man, what are you doing with all these cows once they have become old and don't give milk any more? The Cowherd “- Silly question... we make oxen out of them!,” plate 13 from Ces Bons Parisiens — Honoré Daumier. 1857.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso. Dimensions: Image: 20.4 × 25.5 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 35.7 cm (10 × 14 1/16 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.