Title: The president of the federal diet or the double sword of Damocles, from "News of the Day"
Object type: Print
Date: June 22, 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 three (Delteil)
Dimensions: Image: 8 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (22.7 × 21.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 11 7/16 in. (29.9 × 29 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Swords, term: Men, term: Cross