About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

The Dormitory of a Distinguished Boarding School. “- Attention... on the first clap that I strike with my hands you will place your head on the pillow. At the second, you will close your eyes... on the third clap you will all sleep,” plate 14 from Professeurs Et Moutards, 1846

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
182 x 254 mm (image); 248 x 333 mm (sheet)
William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment, 1953.550

Daumier Register 1451; Delteil 1451 II/II; Hazard-Delteil 2426