The Laundress, 186[3? ], Oil on wood, 19 1/4 x 13 in. (48. 9 x 33 cm), Paintings, Honore Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808?1879 Valmondois), This painting depicts a subject visible from Daumier's studio on the quai d'Anjou in Paris: laundresses returning from laundry boats moored on the Seine. Despite the weight of her bulky load, the woman tenderly extends her hand to help a child up the steps of the embankment