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Drawing, Musée du Louvre
rf5320
Etching, Delteil
106
8
.
La recherche d’une auberge
The Search for an Inn
Pen and ink on
papier calque,
4
7
⁄
16
by
7
1
⁄
4
inches (
11
.
3
by
18
.
4
cm)
Redrawn in pencil on verso
On a dark night, a man carrying a lantern is followed by a small boy.
They are headed toward the houses seen on the right which are only
dimly lit, and the cabin of
Le Botin
appears on the left. Henriet explains
that apparently Daubigny’s sleep on the boat was disturbed at times
by the nocturnal frolicking of the fish. In addition he sometimes found
himself sharing his mattress with inconvenient guests—amphibious
rodents.
5
5
Henriet, 1862