Title: The loaf of sugar frightened at the idea that it will be necessary not only to sweeten the water of the orators but probably also their speeches, from "News of the Day"
Object type: Print
Date: January 23, 1867
Portfolio: News of the Day (Actualités)
Artist:  Honoré Daumier 
Artist bio: French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions: Image: 9 5/8 × 7 13/16 in. (24.5 × 19.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 in. × 11 in. (29.1 × 28 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Satire