The restoration of the legislative body: –Hope that it will hold like this. –Hum... hummm! Maybe it wasn't enough to just re-plaster the walls., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 20, 1869

Printer Walter Frères French
Publisher Arnaud de Vresse French
October 20, 1869
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  • Title: The restoration of the legislative body: –Hope that it will hold like this. –Hum... hummm! Maybe it wasn't enough to just re-plaster the walls., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 20, 1869
  • Series/Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
  • Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
  • Printer: Walter Frères
  • Publisher: Arnaud de Vresse
  • Date: October 20, 1869
  • Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 3/8 × 8 1/16 in. (23.8 × 20.4 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/2 × 11 7/16 in. (29.2 × 29 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.61.270
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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