Daubigny, Drawings for the Voyage en Bateau

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

Henriet, 1862

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Drawing, Musée du Louvre rf5320

Etching, Delteil 106