–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

Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches

September 9, 1868 · Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil) · Drawings and Prints

–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 — Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches
Artist
Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches
Date
September 9, 1868
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
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