Qu'il est doux, qu'il est doux au penchant d'un vallon, Loin du bruit et des cris de la foule importune. Au milieu d'un beau jour, d'invoquer Apollon Et le soir d'adresser des sonnets à la lune.

Abstract

This lithograph is made to resemble a picture in a frame that captures an idyll, or a scene or event of a simple and tranquil nature. Members of parliament are caricatured in these idylls; they are made to seem like angels, without clothes but with small wings instead. The original caption remains untranslated so that its meaning does not get lost in translation.