–I'll pretend to be asleep, otherwise he will never stop explaining his plans for amending his latest bill. –I'll make him believe that I am asleep or he will go on and on about the minutes of the last session, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 9, 1868
September 9, 1868
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/16 × 8 1/4 in. (23.4 × 21 cm) Sheet: 11 7/8 × 11 5/16 in. (30.1 × 28.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.412
Tags
About the Artist
Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches · 1810–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...