Art, literature & history
“- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales
1841
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21 × 23 cm (8 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 25.6 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1952.25
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales — Honoré Daumier. 1841.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 21 × 23 cm (8 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 25.6 cm (13 7/16 × 10 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.