Prints and Drawings — Page 110

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“- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

At the Fireworks Display. A father is a draft horse, provided by nature, plate 33 from Moeurs Conjugales and plate 14 in Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1840

Abuse of article 214 of the civil law. “My lady wife, you let me want for everything, you only allow me a miserable pension of three thousand francs, you throw me out of your door like a beggar, and, what is more, you want to drive me away from Paris, exile me, deport me!... No! No! I won't leave France! I won't! I won't!!... Listen, I owe my friend Bertrand 10'000 Fr., it's a gambler's debt, a debt of honor, I owe my cook 525 Fr. and ten francs for my chambers, a total of 10'535 Fr. Let me have a few thousand francs more to take my mind off my domestic worries and, on my word of honor, I won't pester you any longer,” plate 50 from Caricaturana

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1839

They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

The Collector of Cigar Stubs. “When will these buggers finally have finished smoking! They're bailiff's clerks; they smoke until the ashes are left. No way to squeeze a centime out of them,” plate 4 from Bohémiens De Paris

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1841

The Pater Familias

Adriaen van Ostade, 1648

“- Sir, you who are so good, can't you get me small position?.... I am able to furnish you the best references on my honesty.... - You have always remained honest?... But in that case, my worthy man, why the devil have you come to me? You ought to know that I concentrate all my business and all my charities on this highly interesting class of freed convicts! Why don't you go and steal something or at least kill a bit... and once you are out of Toulon-prison, come and see me... I'll be delighted to offer you a helping hand!,” plate 19 from Les Philantropes Du Jour

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845

A Confession Of Faith. “Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet,” plate 23 from Les Baigneurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1842

“- Coachman, are you booked? - No, citizen. - Well then: 'you'd rather accept being advised than hired out?,'” plate 49 from Émotions Parisiennes

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1842

The Mirror of Venus

Félix-Stanislaus Jasinski, 1896

Portrait of Hyacinthe Rigaud

Pierre Drevet, 1700; printed posthumously after 1780

The Last Moments of Mozart

Armand Mathey-Doret, 1888

Portrait of Samuel Bernard, Counselor of State

Pierre-Imbert Drevet, 1729

Charles d'Hozier, King's Genealogist

Gérard Edelinck, 1691

Plate 13, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Travellers in Front of the Minerva Medica Temple in Rome

Jan van de Velde, II, c. 1646

Dilapidated Hut, Plate 4 from Landscapes

Jan van de Velde, II, c. 1646

Figure with Scythe, Illuminated Initials "KL" or "BV" recto, and Fish with Lobster Claws, verso, from a Psalter or Book of Hours

Anonymous Benedictine Monk/Scribe, 1275/1325