A man is getting ready to hang himself from a tree. Daumier is showing in this short series in an impressive way four different situations of desperate men. Note the three letters on the trunk of tree (E.B.T), possibly a reference to the french word 'hébété', (dazed, bewildered)
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 24, 1840.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
