Lilliputiens essayant de profiter du sommeil...

1850

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is an image of a drawing showing a large figure labeled "SUFFRAGE UNIVERSEL" restrained by small figures resembling Lilliputians from Gulliver's Travels. The small figures are using ropes and pegs to control and contain the large figure. In the background, there is a classical building to the left. In the foreground, there is text and artistic decorations on the ground. This illustration appears to be a political commentary or cartoon about universal suffrage being influenced or held back by multiple determined forces.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.38

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 2010, State only


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65357168

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