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Monsieur Babinet decides to personally shut down the sun in order for his predictions to be fulfilled, plate 386 from Actualités
1857
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.3 × 26.9 cm (8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 35.7 cm (10 7/8 × 14 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1955.1169
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. Monsieur Babinet decides to personally shut down the sun in order for his predictions to be fulfilled, plate 386 from Actualités. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Monsieur Babinet decides to personally shut down the sun in order for his predictions to be fulfilled, plate 386 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier. 1857.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 21.3 × 26.9 cm (8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 35.7 cm (10 7/8 × 14 1/16 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.