Working in the garden can be fun... but there are days when it is just too damn hot! / One rejoices in pure, unspoiled happiness when harvesting one's own apples... at least as long as one doesn't break one's neck, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, September 14, 1865
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'The joys of country life' (Les plaisirs de la campagne)
Artist: Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches
Artist bio: French, 1762–1841|French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Printer
Artist nationality: French|French|French
Date: September 14, 1865
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions: Image: 9 13/16 × 8 1/2 in. (25 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 11 5/16 in. (37.5 × 28.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Gardens|Men