Art, literature & history
“- No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep,” plate 105 from Actualités
1866
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.1 × 21.9 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 27.8 cm (14 13/16 × 11 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1957.365
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep,” plate 105 from Actualités. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep,” plate 105 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier. 1866.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 24.1 × 21.9 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 27.8 cm (14 13/16 × 11 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.