La hache qui le coupera n'est pas encore trempée 1871

"La hache qui le coupera n'est pas encore trempée" (The axe that will cut it is not yet tempered) is a lithograph by Honoré Daumier created in 1871, a year following the end of the Franco-Prussian War. It depicts a jester-like figure in a pointed hat, etching the words "Suffrage Universel" (Universal Suffrage) onto a tree, while a large axe is placed at the base of the trunk. Daumier’s lithograph, a satire of the French political climate, suggests that the concept of Universal Suffrage is fragile and subject to being destroyed by the forces of opposition.