–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
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
Artist: Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches
Artist bio: French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois| |Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Printer
Artist nationality: French|French|French
Date: 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
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Men|Sleeping