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Honoré Daumier|Aubert et Cie|Aubert et Cie

I thought it would be more fun than this to water flowers during a heatwave!, from Romance of Country Life, published in Le Charivari

December 29, 1845
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
24 × 21.6 cm (9.4 × 8.5 in)

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