1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Une Panique de Lilliputiens... is a 1851 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a chaotic scene of small, scrawny figures in a tangle. One man lies flat on his back, another clutches his head, and a third is sprawled on the ground. A hat flies through the air, and a tiny dog barks near the bottom. The whole image is drawn in rough, dark lines against a light background. The title at the bottom reads *"Suffrage Universel"*—French for "universal voting rights." The artist used this drawing to mock the messy politics of the time. Check out lithography to see how this sketch was made.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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