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The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble, plate 134 from Actualités
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.4 × 27.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25.8 × 33.4 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1949.983
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble, plate 134 from Actualités. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble, plate 134 from Actualités — Honoré Daumier. 1859.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 21.4 × 27.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25.8 × 33.4 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/16 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.