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“- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens
1856
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.5 × 25.3 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.); Sheet: 28 × 35.9 cm (11 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1955.1134
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens — Honoré Daumier. 1856.
Medium: Lithograph in black on buff wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 20.5 × 25.3 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.); Sheet: 28 × 35.9 cm (11 1/16 × 14 1/8 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.