"No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep" (Daumier, Actualités 105)
A seated woman in a full, ruffled gown, its skirt inscribed with the word DIPLOMATIE, rocks a wicker cradle while a gaunt figure in a plumed helmet leans over it. Dense black hatching shades the backdrop in this lithograph printed in black on ivory paper, with its caption below the image.
- Artist
- Honoré-Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2252 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1866).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club