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“- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation
1858
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.1 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 36 cm (10 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- RX20769/2116
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation — Honoré Daumier. 1858.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso. Dimensions: Image: 20.1 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 36 cm (10 1/8 × 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.