Satire showing an old man in military uniform gazing at two babies sleeping in a cradle. Behind him a woman looking at him and behind them a house. Ca. 1828
hand-coloured lithograph. Date: circa 1828. Dimensions: Height: 74 mm (printed area); Width: 87 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pierre Jean de Béranger. Collection: British Museum. Le vieux sergent (BM 2006,U.276)