Daubigny: Drawings for the Voyage en Bateau

13 . Les bateaux à vapeur (Gare aux vapeurs) The Steamboats or Watch Out for the Steamers Pen and ink on papier calque, 5 1 ⁄ 8 by 7 5 ⁄ 16

inches ( 13 x 18 . 6 cm)

Redrawn in pencil on verso

In the visual arts at the middle of the nineteenth century representa- tions of steamships often indicated the idea of progress. Daubigny’s encounters with steam boats along the rivers of France did not have such a positive association; the waves made by the larger boats cause problems for Le Botin .

Drawing, Musée du Louvre rf5329

Etching, Delteil 112