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