Prints and Drawings — Page 157

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Marie Louise Charlotte Philippine Pairie, prostitute, licensed by the police

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1835

The Drunkard

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

“I'm guarding city hall”

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1822

The Grenelle Wells. The director Mr. Mulot and his son finally reaching the end of their work, crossing their arms and putting their hands into their pockets and congratulating themselves that posterity will not be able to reproach them of not having produced clean water, plate 46 from Caricatures Du Jour

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1842

The Good Grandmother, plate 55

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1835

The Pamela Hat. “You are perfectly right Madame to adopt this ravishing form of a new hat...... especially from the side it matches beautifully your physiognomy.....!,”plate 76 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845

The Opening Night! “What! Even my porter offers me flowers!... Bless my soul, this comedy will cost me a fortune... I begin to regret that it hasn't been hissed off the stage altogether,” plate twelve from Les beaux jours de la vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

Peasant Couple Selling Eggs

Hans Sebald Beham, 1520

Catholic society of baptism established for all the drunkards of Paris. (Article 1) From Rouen to Bercy the Seine will be transformed into the River Jordan. "In the name of the great society Mélange, Macaire & Co. I baptise you 'old Macon', grand cru of the year of the comet, and the public will stand in line for it," plate 48 from Revue Caricaturale

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

A Present for an Artist. The Chinese adore music, but they are also passionately fond of musicians. Their infatuation of this attitude is carried to extremes which are not easily understood in our civilized regions. Thus it is quite normal to see Chinese harnessed like horses to a cab and drive their idol around town. An when a pianist has improvised variations more or less brilliant of the "air of moonlight", "Ah!... you will say... Mama" or "King Dagobert", they find nothing better to bestow on him than a sword of honour which is accepted with a coolness equally laughable, plate 23 from Voyage En Chine

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

“Yes, it is Leonidas...... No Question, it is Leonidas!” (The happy father deems it appropriate to be moved by recognizing Leonidas), plate 100 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

The Inconvenience of Having His Hair Curled. “Oh blast.... look here, watch out... you are burning me.... I am meeting someone, and I want you to make me look good....... but in order to declare my burning passion, I don't need to smell scorched!,” plate 31 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

Cow Relieving Itself

Nicolaes Berchem, 1635/1683

Marriage of "L'époque" and "Le Constitutionnel". Bilboquet: “- Honourable couple, I hereby unite you and bless you. Go and grow in format and may your almanacs multiply!,” plate 125 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- Please no exaggerations in this article which goes to all the newspapers. Write only that our pupil Greluchot has received fourteen prizes and that there is no doubt that the Institute Bilboquet is the finest in all of Paris!,” plate 27 from Professeurs Et Moutards

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

Subscribers Tyring to Cope with Their Paper, plate 115 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845

“- Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles..... here are two Francs.... but put in properly my name and address in your newspaper, Rigolard - Philanthropist, stationer at rue St. Honoré 345, offering clocks and statues by Dantan, Bohemian glass, English riding sticks, German chemical matches and generally everything that does not really concern this matter,” plate 6 from Les Philantropes Du Jour

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

“- Isn't he cute like that, Dodore... with a little bit of cleaning up, he is just not the same child any more!...,” plate 37 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

Crossing near the Watermill

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Relaxation during the dog days, plate 33 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- Here, my wife, is my daguerreotype portrait which I brought back for you from Paris... - Why didn't you have mine done while you were there... get lost, you egotist!,” plate 28 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- It seems that the sea serpent has reappeared in the Indian Ocean!... - Oh, my God... is it possible!... - Of course it's possible if I tell you that it has been printed like that in the Constitutionnel!...,” plate 20 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846