Title: Behold the broken eggs, the question is whether the omelette will come out well, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"
Object type: Print
Date: June 2, 1866
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: 10 in. × 8 5/16 in. (25.4 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (29.5 × 28.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Men, term: Eggs