Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808–1879)

• Miss Etienne-Mona-Lisa-Cunégonde-Silly Goose of the Constitutionnel, indignate, choking and over-ornate at the performance of Anthony in which the mischievous Dumas had the indecency of scoffing at the noble family Silly Goose of the Constitutionnel..., plate 385
• Malbroug s'en va-t-en Guerre...
• Quite embarrassing not to remember where one has hidden the wolf traps, plate 44 from Pastorales
• “- I'm never calm when I see you go out like this... I am always afraid, Monsieur Moussard, that you may be infidel,” plate 67 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• A zealous student practicing at home, plate 6 from Les Baigneuses
• Mr. Joliv...., plate 346 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• The Engagement of an Artist. “- So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!,” plate 72 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• Mr. Choiseul, (called le Duc), plate 502
• "Is my Wife at home? Yes, monsieur, and your cousin too...," plate 4 from Tout ce qu'on voudra
• “- What a fuss this sour-face from the fifth floor is making! Wearing a hat just to buy two cups of milk for one sou! - Oh, Madame Capitaine, aren't we fancy today...,” plate 36 Types Parisiens
• “- Isn't it marvellous to have a son who is a lawyer... what an honour for the family... Adolph, I want you to remain dressed like that all day long!...,” plate 21 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - About time... I urgently need a new pair of boots,” plate 6 from Robert Macaire
• A Candidate. “Who do you want?... An upright, conscientious, sober man, an industrialist, a man who doesn't need the government to enrich himself, a man familiar with the law, who knows it well, through practice, very long practice... a long practice of law... you can't choose any better than... my honorable friend,” plate 48 from Caricaturana
• Exploiting friendship. “My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would like them to taste our champagne, we'll laugh... wait a minute! I've an idea. What if we went to the wood? We could take your barouche and you could lend us some clothes as we only came to pay a simple visite... In the meantime, why don't you give us some cards and some Napoleons to pass the time. Eh? My good Alphonse, dear chap. How about it?,” plate 58 from Caricaturana
• “I'm guarding city hall"
• The Weight Lifter
• “I say to myself: would anybody imagine that we are coming from the Rue des Lombards?... We really don't look like confectioners at all,” plate 2 from Coquetry
• “Hello, Angel, always pretty...,” plate 3 from Coquetterie
• “Oh blast! I don't seem to be able to tie a knot!” plate 4 from Coquetterie
• “- Enough, enough, it's much too tight!! - But not at all, Monsieur, this fabric suits you like a glove!”, plate 5 from Coquetterie
• Damn Boots! That Will Teach Me to Take Smaller Steps...” plate 6 from Coquetterie
• “Well...as the saying goes, like a genuine string of pearls, .... only some of them have become unthreaded, that's all!,” plate 9 from Coquetterie
• “Indeed, I don't know what they looked like at Austerlitz, but they could hardly have looked any better,” plate 7 from Coquetterie
• (He is reading a letter) “A date, could it be from the cute Mme Giraud?? Yes, but it could also come from her husband who wants to pinch me…,” plate 8 from Coquetterie
• The Cotton Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Calf Fades (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie
• “- Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by cannibals. - No, Sir.... and the proof is that, if you want, I am going to make you eat an excellent fricassee of game in a white wine sauce. - A fricassee of game ....oh, then it's different..... we are with the Chatophages. (note:cat-eaters),” plate 2 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A New Way to Float Down the River of Life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled with water coming from the holes in the pockets of my pants., plate 3 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• “- It really shouldn't be allowed to return from Bercy in a state like this.... an established man like you.... I am so unhappy, my God! - What's wrong?...after all, I like the water.... am I not allowed to like the water anymore?,” plate 4 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• “- Our boat let go the anchor and has drifted away.... we're stuck on this lonely island like Robinson Crusoe... and without anything to eat and no parrot... - That's true.... and I really don't know what to eat, once I have devoured you, poor Cabassol!,” plate 5 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Difficult Navigation. “- The boat doesn't move! Pull Dumouchel, pull.... why the devil don't you pull! - But I am doing nothing else than that for the last three hours!.... and this is called a pleasure trip! I'd rather sell my prunes in rue de la Verrerie.... that's less tiring!,” plate 6 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Man Saved Against His Will. “- But I am telling you that I know how to swim and I could have pulled myself out of the water without the help of this gentleman! - That makes no difference.... the law is quite clear... you must pay 25 Francs to your rescuer.... for example, if you had been dead, you would only have had to pay him 15 Francs,” plate 7 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Light Squall (Un leger grain), plate 8 from The Parisian Boaters (Les canotiers Parisiens)
• A Boat-Manoeuvre. The Captain yelling in his trumpet: “- Gabier! There is a squall building up, get ready!..... Clew up all the sails!... That's good:.... very good! - Why didn't you say that to me calmly instead of poking this huge instrument into my ear! Now I am so deaf, I can't see clearly anymore!...,” plate 9 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Reception. “Gentlemen..... let's drink to the health of the French sailors in general and to the new teammate Greluchon in particular!.... and while waiting for his baptism by fire, we'll give him in the meantime one with water,” plate 10 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• An Encounter in Open Water. “- Hello... down there... Captain.., what's new in Paris? - Nothing new really... still no one goes to the Gaieté or the Ambigu. - Don't you have anything else to tell me? - Oh yes,... I forgot... I hope you like it... shut up!,” plate 11 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• “- You see, my friend Durand.... there are only two important components of happiness for a man: water and wine... but they must never be mixed, otherwise they lose their charm. - Quite right, Cabassol.... let's drink another glass of wine in honour of water!,” plate 12 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Revolt On Board. “- Ah! you want to be your own captain!... - Ah! you are treating me like an idiot... hey... I hope the Seine washes away that insult!,” plate 13 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• Man Overboard! “- Harpoon him more firmly!.... we can't get him otherwise! And you, hold his legs up in the air, that's very important.... There is nothing in the world that makes you catch a cold faster than by getting your feet wet,” plate 14 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• Embarcation of a Lady. “Get in without fear Miss Josephine....You don't have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen... they are all Frrrrrench.... we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn't get the authorization from the Government!...,” plate 15 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• An Unpleasant Encounter. “Bernardel, Bernardel! Here comes the steamer... we will sink!,” plate 16 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• The Gust of Wind. “- Oh blast! I've lost my hat! - Don't worry.... since it is waterpoof.... you won't have a problem reclaiming it at Rouen!,” plate 17 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Last Toast! “Gentlemen, let's not go back on board without a final toast in honour of the two things which, most of all, bring charm to our lives... let's drink to the ladies and cold veal!,” plate 18 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• The Novice Sailor. “Devil... rowing is much more difficult than I thought! And to really enjoy myself I would rather stick peas.,” plate 19 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Naval Combat. “- So, you insulted my flag!.... just you wait, just wait till I'll sink you with a broad side!..... or even better I'll splash you with water from left and right and behind and....” plate 20 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• “- What a fortunate encounter! It's my dear Stanislaus whom I haven't seen since we were in the sixth class together at Landernau.... in these times we used to share everything.... Things should be the same again, could you lend me 20 or 25 Francs?,” plate 2 from Les Amis
• The husband wants him to look at his hot-bed, the friend only dreams of seeing his wife, plate 3 from Les Amisa
• Madame Cabassol going for a romantic stroll in the botanical gardens together with the youngest friend of her husband's. Sudden encounter with the latter not far from a stag, plate 4 from Les Amis
• “- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis
• A friend is a crocodile produced by civilization, plate 6 from Les Amis
• “- It's just because he's your friend, and because he has been introduced to me by you that I will let him subscribe to the last 20 shares of my colossal newspaper the EUROPEAN.... it will be a gold mine, and one day, he will thank you properly for it,” plate 7 from Les Amis
• “- My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty,” plate 8 from Les Amis
• “- But I am telling you, they are friends.... they are just expressing themselves to each other,” plate 9 from Les Amis
• “How silly ! Just look how they run. That's what you get when you are at the wrong place. Just you wait! Next time, tell us in advance and we'll take good care of you...,” plate 1 from Émotions Parisiennes
• How to Convince a Young Man to Finally Learn to Pay his Respects to his Parents, plate 26 from Professeurs et Moutards (Professors and Rascals)
• Ch. De Lam...., plate 156 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• D'Arg...., plate 188 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Pot De Naz.., plate 270 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Vieux-Niais, plate 278 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Benjamin Dudessert, plate 287 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. D'argo .., plate 292 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Prune, plate 288 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Porcelain figure from China (taken from the private collection of Mr. Charles Philipon), plate 416
• Insurrection against husbands is proclaimed as being the first and holiest duty in life!, plate 1 from Les Femmes Socialistes
• “- Taxi Monsieur? Taxi? - I don't even have enough to walk,” plate 8 from Émotions De Parisiens
• “Monsieur, Monsieur, here's your handkerchief. Madame has put some Eau de Cologne on it and she said you should ask at the Guard whether you might get a foot warmer,” plate 47 from Moeurs Conjugales
• A Practical Joke. "Driver! Driver! Do you still have two seats in the rabbit section??,” plate 24 from Les Baigneurs
• Another Great Man. “I have it in my hand, my dear... here it is in writing.... this document confirms that my invention is a well-pumped and infinitely more clysterized machine than anything invented thus far... all Frenchmen must accept that,” plate 36 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• 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
• 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
• At the Fireworks Display. A father is a draft horse, provided by nature, plate 33 from Moeurs Conjugales and plate 14 in Actualités
• “It's important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it's a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he'll learn it… he is still young!,” plate 5 from Les Baigneurs
• “- Coachman, are you booked? - No, citizen. - Well then: 'you'd rather accept being advised than hired out?,'” plate 49 from Émotions Parisiennes
• 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
• “- 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
• Bearded Man
• A Fair Reward Presented in 1800 by the Un-Prudish Savages of North America to Louis-Philippe of Orléans, surgeon and expatriate, but still a Frenchman. (I salute you, gracious Black Lady, the Lord is with you.) A Namaquan Ave Maria, plate 466
• When the Devil Grew Old He Became a Hermit, plate 476
• Siméon, plate 521
• Poor young man! Just one more letter and his moral situation would become perfectly clear, plate 1 from Sentimens Et Passionsa
• Hercules Tamed By Love. This mischievous God in his triumphant ways subjects all, kings, shepherds, heroes and gays, Alcide interrupts his dreaded exploits and binds him while Omphale overjoys. (Gallant poetry by Monsieur Sauzet), plate 25 from Histoire Ancienne
• New Year's Day. The Chinese, following an old and respectable tradition invented by a confectioner, never fail to begin the year by offering to all their acquaintances chestnuts and other small presents. They kiss each other with pursed lips, but would rather tear each other apart. On this memorable day in Beijing alone 300'000 kilos of sweets and 200'000 kilos of gingerbread will be devoured. No wonder that on January 2nd all the little Chinese have a colic. But who cares.... next year they'll be again filled up with the same colic enhancing stuff always under the pretext of "traditional duty", plate 25 from Voyage En Chine
• The Grape Gatherer, from Les Bons Bourgeois
• Don't You Meddle With It!, plate 20
• The source of the Seine is the Cote d'Or, and it empties into the Channel. On its way it traverses Paris where the inhabitants escape the summer's heat and try to find freshness and purity in this river, plate 3 from Les Baigneurs
• This is Where the Lecture of the Constitutionnel Might Take You, plate 8 from Pastorales
• Each time I take you to the opera ball…, plate four from Paris l’hiver
• All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by cannibals., plate two from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• An Unpleasant Encounter, plate sixteen from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• Combat Naval
• A New Way to Float Down the River of Life, plate three from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Man Saved Against his Will, plate seven from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• A Boat Maneuver, plate nine from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• An Encounter in Open Water, plate eleven from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• "So, you want to meddle with the press!," plate 319
• The Past, the Present, the Future, plate 349
• A large mortar with a short range, plate 488
• The Embroiderer. An example of the errors, nature sometimes makes in labeling the sexes. Just as one sees the would-be women who wear pants, some kind of a moustache, who play a cornet or the bass-viol, or who compose humanitarian novels, in the same way one finds men who play the harp, hemstitch neckerchiefs, do embroidering with their hands, and, who in a case of emergency know how to do a little cooking, plate 2 from Monomanes
• “- Oh, here you are..... what do you have there?..... - Let's not talk about it.... we are having guests, and I just did my shopping,” plate 6 from Types Parisiens
• “- Sire! Lisbon has been captured. - aaaah!!... and I dreamt that I had fought courageously!,” plate 304
• General Mortier, the evening before the battle of Waterloo, plate 456
• "Oh! It is as if we were there: the tall one opens her corset and the little one is looking for a flea!," plate 27 from Types Parisiens
• “Everything is Paid for? And We Didn't Insult Anyone… Bye,” plate 31 from Types Parisiens
• “You Sniff the Merchandise… Before Buying It,” plate 32 from Types Parisiens
• I'm Not Going in There Anymore! - I Think There are Crayfish Down There..., plate one from Les Baigneurs
• New patented umbrella, with an improved spring system, to swiftly open at the slightest touch.(please refer to our advertisement in the matter), plate 33 from Émotions Parisiennes
• "- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that Bézuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insists that her good-for-nothing daughter who is fat around the hips has become..... I only replied: Ah, well! - And that's the person who… - Of course, even a blind man can see that!,” plate 30 from Types Parisiens
• "Fire!", plate 35 from Types Parisiens
• "It fits you like a glove!," plate 34 from Types Parisiens
• The Touch, plate 42 from Types Parisiens
• The Taste. “Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me have one of these every morning, and I will be full of spirit too,” plate 40 from Types Parisiens
• Sight, plate 39 from Types Parisiens
• Sense of Hearing. “- Wake up Nini!.... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies: yes Adolphe. But neither the child's name nor mine is Adolphe!,” plate 41 from Types Parisiens
• Smell, plate 38 from Types Parisiens
• “I don't give a damn about your Miss Sand who prevents women from mending pants and darning socks! ... We must re-establish divorce or suppress those authors!,” plate 6 from Moeurs Conjugales
• The Tuileries Gardens. “- No smoking here, Sir! - You mean in the garden?,” plate 10 from Le Chapitre Des Interprétations
• “- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad
• The Shirt Maker. “Sir, I have tailored here for you the best that is presently available..... with a shirt of my making one can present oneself in no matter what Salon and one will always be the best dressed man of the party,” plate 67 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• “Regular little drunk, he is!... he swallows it down like milk! Poor little darling... he is just like his father!,” plate 42 from Moeurs Conjugales
• The Amateur Guitarist. Defying everyone's yawns, As he sings his puny verse, He would sing a parlor-song, On the ruins of the universe...,” plate 4 from Monomanes
• The Bluestocking's Husband. “Monsieur, my wife has been inspired since this morning: it is impossible to see her. As you can see, I have to give my full attention to the fruit of our most recent collaboration!,” plate 46 from Moeurs Conjugales
• 10 O'clock in the Morning. “Monsieur Coquelet having accidentally met Miss Palissandre in the Botanical Garden, to whom he had the good fortune to offer a fairy rose the first of May 1804, had obtained a first date. After having gone to great expense buying a new pair of gloves at 29 Sous, he throws a glance at the mirror before going out to try his good fortune,” plate 4 from La Journé Du Célibataire
• Followers of Mr. Cobden, exercising their peaceful functions, plate 5 from Souvenirs Du Congres De La Paix
• “- Beware my friend of the little baron... the more you dress him the less secured you will be,” plate 49 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• Black and white, plate 23 from Émotions Parisiennes
• Early morning visit of a creditor concerning the boots, plate 4 from Émotions Parisiennes
• This is What Nowadays is Called a Light Work. “- My God, what's this!.... an encyclopaedia? “- No sir.... it is the novel 'the mysteries of Paris' that Madame bought at the bookshop of our Master. We will bring you the rest of the oeuvre as soon as it appears,” This is What the Royal Printer is Sending Us. “- What! I was told I would get some light documentation about the question in question. - That's right, monsieur, we'll bring you the rest right away,” plate 13 from Revue Caricaturale
• The Mountebanks. “- Oh Maître Bilboquet, we have had it... these clowns will steal our show! Don't you worry, Gringaillet, they're no competition, they are just comedians!,” from Les Saltimbanques
• The Drunkard, from Le Charivari
• The Spectators
• "Is this your dog here?," plate 20 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• The Poster Man, plate 17 from Bohémiens de Paris
• “- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales
• Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa
• The Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Legs are Shaking. (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie
• “- Arthur, you had promised me a throne and all you did is put me behind a counter. - Eloise, remember Napoleon's definition of a throne: 'four boards covered with a carpet.' You are sitting on six boards and a cushion,” plate 36 from Moeurs Conjugales
• (He is reading a letter) “A date, could it be from the cute Mme Giraud?? Yes, but it could also come from her husband who wants to pinch me…,” plate 8 from Coquetterie
• The Pleasures of Fishing. “- You are always in such a rush - Good God, we only just got here at noon and it is now only a quarter past five - Just give me a little more time, I am sure I'll end by catching one,” plate 50 from Moeurs Conjugales
• “- Defendant! Do you have any means of living? - Thank you Mr President.... I have quite a good stomach,” plate 4 La Comédie Humaine
• DUP..., plate 171 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Crushed Lafayette!... Trapped, Old Fellow!, plate 22 from L’Association mensuelle
• “- Well yes, it's true, the daughter of Mame Chopin got married yesterday with the son of Durand. I just talked to the young man and from what he told me (in full confidence), she must have had some strange ones before him…,” plate 6 from Les Parisiens
• An Investor of Spanish Cortes Bonds. An Investor of Spanish Government Bonds, plate 423
• The Legislative belly. View of the ministerial benches in the Improstituted House of 1834, plate 18 from L’Association mensuelle
• The defense compliments the talent of the prosecution, while the Attorney General admires the eloquence of the defense. The judge applauds both of them and everybody is satisfied, except he accused, plate 16 from Les Gens De Justice
• “- The Court, having weighed the evidence and apportioned the advantage accruing from the dereliction, abrogates the appeal and all similar procedures, discharges the appellant and amends the judgement of the lower Court in respect to the costs of th respondent, with the exception of a forfeiture payment to Advocate Bizotin in respect of the final judgement, and hereby dismisses both parties as aforementioned. - My God, what a verdict..... my lawyer will ask for at least seventy five francs to explain this to me.....,” plate 4 from Les Gens De Justice
• “Yes, they would plunder this orphan, whom I cannot necessarily describe as being young, since he is fifty-seven years ol...I am, reassured knowing that justice always keeps an open eye on all guilty maneuvers! . . . ,” plate 11 from Les Gens De Justice
• Self-Portrait of a Frenchman, plate 2 from Scénes D'ateliers
• “- So, Gringalet from Paris!.... you will dance twice with my Catherine ...... try again now to make sheep's eyes at her,” plate 27 from Pastorales
• “Everything is Paid for? And We Didn't Insult Anyone… Bye,” plate 31 from Types Parisiens
• The Return of the Oyster Season. “- I could eat twelve dozens of them… just imagine that there are people who don't like oysters… - They just have no self respect…,” plate 53 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• Great Times for Small Fry..., plate 7 from Types Parisiens
• An Exaggerated Rejuvenation. “Just two or three sessions with me, Monsieur, and anyone who still claims to find a grey hair on you, is a malicious person.” As a matter of fact, since the end of the second session, Monsieur's head looks as shiny as that of a newborn baby, plate 52 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• The pupils of the Institute Pascareau are trying their new school uniform which makes them look a little like the great Napoleon and a lot like little newspaper boys, plate 25 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• Marius At Carthage. Soldier, say to the senate that in my noble poverty I have taken for a chair a ruin And if I were in Sylla I would not be sitting here. (Pun attributed to M. Cousin), plate 35 from Histoire Ancienne
• Diogenes and Alcibiades at the Odeon. “- Ah... it's modern....what a man!,” plate 121 from Actualités
• “Thy hand cometh to slay Britannicus, thy brother. I foresee thy blows will soon hit thy mother,” plate 7 from Physionomies Tragico-Classiques
• “- Yes alright, but the poor boy's belly is hurting,” plate 13 from Les Papas
• “My sister was saying yesterday, she thinks you are just too ugly!,” plate 37 from Croquis D 'expressions
• Chinese Talking Politics. Thanks to antiquity and the stability of the Constitution of China, this country is extremely unified... it counts only little more than 63 political parties. Quite often one finds Chinese citizens discussing vehemently on public places, using arguments they had prior seen in their favourite journal. Quite often the journal itself will replace the argument, being used as such, plate 20 from Voyage En Chine
• Apelles and Campaste. Aware that Apelles was wasting away with love Alexander gave him Campeste and above the first art deal ever now was struck girlfriend against sculpture, oh what luck! (From Art and the Antique, a poetic essay by M. Cavé), plate 36(37) from Histoire Ancienne
• The Evening of the National Holiday. It never fails... you go out to see the fireworks, and all you get is waterworks!, plate 20 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• “- Yes, my dear Badoulard... I will open a department store even more philanthropic and greater than anything that existed up to now.... it will carry the complete set of articles at half price... someone can come in as naked as a new born baby and leave fully dressed, including cane, umbrella and cigarette lighter! - But then you will ruin all the small little shops in the neighborhood! - What do I care, as long as its all done in the name of humanity!, plate 27 from Les Philantropes Du Jour
• Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton, t..... “- Be quiet, my wife has a headache!. - Why don't you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! - Stop it... my little one gets the colic!” Ton, ton, ton, ton, taine..., plate 2 from Les Musiciens De Paris
• The Election Hoax. “My dear friend... do not think that I have come to ask you for your vote. I respect the independence of opinion too much for that. It is the Baroness who said to me: " Go see that poor Galouzet, tell his little wife that she is neglecting me and that I am angry with her for that. Ask about their lovely children, and say that I absolutely insist on having them over for dinner,” plate 1 from Les Carottes
• Robert Macaire, dentist. “- Damnit Doctor, you pulled out two good teeth and left the two bad ones. - (Robert Macaire aside) Devil!!! … (loud) Of course.... And for a good reason: there will be enough time to pull out the bad ones. The good ones surely would have caused you pain in due time. A dental plate however will not hurt you and is very fashionable right now. Everybody is wearing it, plate 57 from Caricaturana
• A Young Man to Whom Nothing is Sacred, plate 8 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• Mr. Prune, plate 288 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Baill.., plate 312 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Guiz.., plate 340 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Temptation, plate 453
• A Fair Reward Presented in 1800 by the Un-Prudish Savages of North America to Louis-Philippe of Orléans, surgeon and expatriate, but still a Frenchman. (I salute you, gracious Black Lady, the Lord is with you.) A Namaquan Ave Maria, plate 466
• Robbed! Empty-Pocket Street..., plate 13 from Émotions Parisiens
• “- Alright, alright, I'm coming - one would think the house was on fire! - Enough about your fire!... I'm freezing. For two hours I've been pounding on the door. -(aside) that will teach you next time, not to give a tip!,” plate 32 from Émotions Parisiens
• “How much I regret. My arms once so strong, my legs never fat and nothing went wrong” (an ancient song), plate 1 from Silhouettes
• Academy of Women. A new Richelieu, founding a new Academy of a different kind.... of the feminine gender, plate 33 from Revue Caricatureale
• “- All right Rigobert, my old friend.... we are going to make a long trip today.... did you bring enough provisions on board of our vessel? - Don't talk about it.... all I was able to bring along are two biscuits and a red herring,” plate 1 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• The Evening of the National Holiday. It never fails... you go out to see the fireworks, and all you get is waterworks!, plate 20 from The Best Days in Life
• A Small Queue at the Entrance to the Palace of Industry. “- But I am telling you that I have a special entry permit! - Quite so, and this is why you are allowed to queue up already at the Obelisk.... otherwise you would have to start on the other side, close to the Etoile.... incidentally why not have a bite to eat while you are waiting... there is a charming little restaurant half way, plate 7 from Les Etrangers à Paris
• “- I really gave you a good dressing down... - And I didn't mince matters in my reply.... - We were both excellent... - We were superbe. It's really only in the Palace of Justice that people know how to argue and call each other all kinds of names without really getting angry...,” plate 8 from Les Gens De Justice
• “My dear man... it is really quite impossible for me to take on your case.... you are missing the most important piece of evidence.... (apart from) the cash to pay my fees,” plate 20 from Les Gens De Justice
• “- Here is the public minister who will say some very unpleasant things to you.... so try to cry a little from one eye at least.... it usually does some good!...,” plate 21 from Les Gens De Justice
• “What a shame this lovely little lady didn't ask me to present her case [in court]... I would love to plead that her husband is a rogue...,” plate 24 from Les Gens De Justice
• A rather unsatisfied litigant, plate 26 from Les Gens De Justice
• A defence lawyer at the Court of Arbitration discussing business at his usual office premises, plate 27 from Les Gens De Justice
• “- So even if I admit, between us, that I stole Father Jerome's watch, you won't drop my case? - My dear thief, you really don't understand my position... if there were no offenders there would hardly be any lawyers.... Now that I know you are guilty, I will work on your alibi...,” plate 28 from Les Gens De Justice
• “- Sue him.....sue him..... That would be a good trick to play on your neighbour... it would eat up all his savings, at least 100 écus.... - Yes but I would also have to eat into my savings and I really have no appetite for that....,” plate 29 from Les Gens De Justice
• The lawyer becomes sick, a last resort when his case is beginning to also look sick, plate 30 from Les Gens De Justice
• “- Should be a great performance today, Mr.Galuchet... - I should think so... A murder case with a rape thrown in...,” plate 31 from Les Gens De Justice
• Main Staircase of the Palace of Justice. Front view, plate 36 from Les Gens De Justice
• “- My dear friend, we have learned yesterday at the theatre that a gentleman has inadvertedly stepped on your foot.... We have come to get his address and we are eager to announce that the affair is arranged.... He is waiting for you this morning in the Bois de Boulogne. You will raise pistols at a distance of 15 paces,” plate 1 from Les Amis
• A Model Marriage: For Thirty Years They Have Cultivated Virtue and Carnations, plate six from Les Bons Bourgeois
• A Neighbour Complaining about the Watering of his Lawn, plate ten from Les Bons Bourgeois
• This is What a Bourgeois Considers a Small Distraction, plate 14 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• At 30°C, lucky he who can escape and snooze in the forest of Saint-Germain accompanied by his wife and a few lizards, plate 27 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• The inconvenience of leaving the train even only for a moment and for any pretext whatsoever, plate 29 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “- How do you find this saint there.... I tried to not make him look too conventional.... The bourgeois: - I quite agree, a Saint never should look short winded,” plate 80 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “I don't rent to people with children,” plate 14 from Locataires Et Propriétaires
• The Waiting Hall
• “Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Baigneurs
• Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne
• The Subscriber and His Newspaper. “- Listen darling, the first three columns of my morning paper are completely empty! It seems that they must have really said some nasty things. - May quite well be, but now that you mention it, to write nothing at all, I find that even more nasty!,” plate 2 from Caricatures Du Jour
• The Gust of Wind. “- Oh blast! I've lost my hat! - Don't worry.... since it is waterpoof.... you won't have a problem reclaiming it at Rouen!,” plate 17 from Les Canotiers Parisiens
• The Bath Tub Cars. “- Say, Jerome....did you see these travellers yesterday who complained about our cars under the pretext that the rain inconvenienced them? - For only 7 Francs they traveled to Orléans, including a four hour bath.... there are people who are never content! Next they will want us to serve them an almond-paté as part of the bargain... and then they don't even give a sou to the boy who cleans the bath tub,” plate 10 from Les Chemins De Fer
• “Damn country! I only shoot sparrows.... and just females... and this ingenious guard insisted the place is full of rabbits,” plate 5 from La Chasse
• “- As you can see, Monsieur, I have enforced in my school perfectly good discipline. You cannot imagine to what extent I succeeded implanting in these young scholars a deep sentiment of respect towards their teacher,” plate 23 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• “You remember now that young Cabassol is far too good in translation that I would allow anyone in this class to molest him... he is under my immediate protection! At the final exams it is he who will hold up the honour of Bilboquet High school,” plate 32 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• “- Tell me, mayor, what are communists? - You know, Pierre, communists are people who want to have everything in common with every Frenchman: the money, the work, and the land. - Well, in my opinion there is one thing they seem to be lacking: common sense,” plate 42 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- If you only knew how pretty you are!... Pretend you are playing! - stop it.. DO - You don't love me!...SO - I'll' always be yours. ... MI,” plate 6 from Les Musiciens De Paris
• A Fair Reward to Dutiful Voters, plate 404
• "From your obedient subjects receive on your day of honor these two modest bunches of flowers. They will make you rejoice, since the people of France alone has taken over the costs," plate 486
• “I can see Monsieur that you are not from Paris. Let me warn you: there are people who look perfectly harmless just like me. They might approach you and rob you!,” plate 21 from Types Parisiens
• “- Just look at that! the train that's about to pass is lucky to have a narrow escape.... the whole affair would have blown up if I hadn't noticed in time... - What is it then, what is it? - Why, it's obvious, a needle has been placed right on the rail... luckily I saw it in just in time!,” plate 1 from Les Chemins De Fer
• The Illustrated Rebus. “- Singular! I cannot guess the rebus in today's Charivari! - I think I have one word - I have several words - I have it all! I must run and tell my wife,” plate 39 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• “- Mr. Alfred Cabassol! You are the only one in the class who succeeded to get through the entire week without blowing your nose into your sleeve. Please stand to receive this prize of honour for cleanliness,” plate 6 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• A Dinner at Véry's. “So what! I am having dinner by myself today... alright! But my wife gave me one Louis d'or and I still have... 60 centimes left,” plate 11 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• The Rendez-Vous. “- Madame Eudoxie Blancminet? - That's me, Monsieur... what can I do for you?,” plate 44 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie
• Friendship With a Great Chemist is Not Always a Godsend… “I am so sure of my findings that I will now poison my best friend, Mr. Coquardeau, and I will retrieve arsenic in his eyeglasses,” plate 39 from Émotions Parisiennes
• “There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I'm having a shave she's making a cuckold of me!,” plate 22 from Moeurs Conjugales
• “- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales
• The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales
• “You tramp! I would like to see you drown in your beer! Leaving me alone like that with my three children, he gives me twelve sous, and when he comes back in the evening, he asks for his change!,” plate 48 from Moeurs Conjugales
• Youthful Memories. “- You see our letters have not yet been erased... oh Sophie, it was here that I gained your heart. - Hold your tongue now, Théophile.... if someone should hear us!,” plate 49 from Married Life
• “So this is what's called following the stream of life..... to be compelled to march lockstep with such a fool!,” plate 52 from Moeurs Conjugales
• “- Eh! my Didine, have we danced enough? - Oh, don't mention it any more, I am completely worn out - Then take off your stockings and get to bed! - Good grief, no.. really, I'm just too tired!,” plate 56 from Moeurs Conjugales
• Country Amusement. “- Monsieur did not want to wait for his nephew; and Madame thought it might soon start raining, but he didn't really bother. - What an old miser! - Don't you worry, Mother Poirier, he'll pay dearly for that... more than the market price! - And right she is isn't she!,” plate 59 from Moeurs Conjugales
• “Eleven degrees centigrade! Look at how it makes you look! And this is called the year of grace!,” plate 1 from Vulgarités
• “Damn! They are happier than their master.... these bitches of boots... they drink!,” plate 2 from Vulgarités
• “Ha! Dammmmmnit wife... how much funnn we had when we were eighteen.... no men no women..... just us people from Auvergne,” plate 5 from Vulgarités
• “- You must come to have dinner, my wife will eat in town.. it is just us two men! - Ah, the Devil! I have a terrible headache (aside) and his wife is waiting for me!,” plate 7 from Vulgarités
• “- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités
• “Just you wait, I'm going to show you who is the teacher here...,” plate 11 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• “Sir . . . Sir . . . Siiir . . . Christ, it’s annoying to have the runs when the supervisor is supervising!,” plate 13 from Professors and Rascals
• “- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel...!!,” plate 22 from Professeurs and Moutards
• Which proves again that already since high school man supports himself on the shoulders of his kin in order to advance in life, plate 30 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• A Visit to the Salon. Obviously all the sculptors are a naughty bunch, plate 1 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- Times are difficult; this year we must learn to be more modest... - Don't tell me, my dear Ducorneau.... as far as I am concerned, every time I go to the theatre I now deny myself the company of my wife....,” plate 2 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• An Oasis in the Middle of the Plain of St. Denis, plate 5 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- Dire pourtant que mes dahlias continuent encore cette année à être du ponceau le plus vif . . . . malgré tous mes soins, je ne pourrai donc jamais parvenir à leur donner la nuance Boue de Paris !...,” plate 6 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• Former Dandies from the time of the Directory, plate 7 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- But I keep telling you that I cannot move my feet in these boots! - Don't worry, it'll come, it'll come...,” plate 8 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• Parisians who will never be placed under surveillance of the secret police, plate 12 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• The Comedian of the Group, plate 13 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- Open up..... it's me.... the veal-stew!,” plate 17 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• A Plucked Pierrot, plate 9 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- Whatever became of you, Mr. Brown? - I became an unlicensed broker at the Stock Exchange...,” plate 29 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- So we have stolen the balloon of Mr. Green?,” plate 31 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- It's nippy, Mr. Galimard, it's nippy!... - Allow me to say that at 8 degrees the rivers and the noses are frozen...,” plate 39 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong,” plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “There you are, my dear.... and now I bet you'll be going after other girls....,” plate 1 from Coquetterie
• The Salesman's Hoax. – A Design Out of Fashion. "This kind of fabric has a delightful shade; Madame is the first to whom I have shown it.... all our young women are going to tear each other apart for it. What a charming design.... it would look marvellous on such an elegant form.... you absolutely need this, Madame," plate 2 from Les Carottes
• Mr. Jean-Joseph-Chaboulard... first prize for good health!, plate 28 from Professeurs et Moutards
• He delights in the ball, plate 10 from Les Banqueteurs
• The Jayotype. "- Mr. Jay: The gentleman is married? - The gentleman: Certainly, but how the devil did you know that? - Mr. Jay: Oh, its that this instrument is perfect, that no curve of the head, no bump on the forehead can escape it. - The gentleman: How ingenious!," plate 60 from Moeurs Conjugales
• The First Dance Lession, from Les Papas
• Past Midnight, plate 19 from Locataires et Propriétaires
• "The thermometer of the engineer Chevalier was right... at 10 degrees the large rivers as well as the noses have cought a cold... just imagine that it might take three weeks for my nose to thaw!...," plate 5 from Paris L'hiver
• Rifolard opens the ball and executes a bold dancing step forward, which receives widespread praise, plate 5 from Les Banqueteurs
• The Bourgeois and His Tailor, plate 5 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• Geogaphic Scarves. "Look Dodolphe, this is really the last sacrifice I'll do for your education... if you still don't get your geography right, it means you are completely clogged up... this time I'll stick your nose into it. To start with, you'll just need to make sure during the first day to only blow your nose in Normandy.... I'll slap you in the face if you blow your nose in the Channel!," plate 89 from Actualités
• An Activist, from Les Femmes Socialistes
• Worker and Bourgeois, from Les Parisiens En 1848
• Two Good Neighbors, plate 25 from Locataires Et Propriétaires
• The Disadvantage of Buying a Newspaper That is Publishing the News Twelve Hours Before the others. “- How come I buy your paper and cannot find the news of today? - Sir, today's news was in yesterday's paper,” plate 139 from Actualités
• "- Oh my God, Mama, mama!........ For heaven's sake..... my daughter, my daughter!!!," plate 26 from Pastorales
• The danger of being caught in a steeple chase, plate 12 from Pastorales
• "- You are not having your bottle of beer with us this evening... I can tell you are having a private dinner party today, you scoundrel...," plate 81 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• Very humble, very obedient, very submissive, and most of all, very voracious subjects, plate 136
• Masks of 1831, plate 143 from La Caricature
• Sou..., plate 172 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• “Heave-ho!..Heave-ho! Heave-ho!,” plate 179
• Mr. Fulchir.., plate 273 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Arlépaire.., plate 280 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Sébast ...., plate 281 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Étien...., plate 283 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Barthe, plate 294 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• “- Sire! Lisbon has been captured. - aaaah!!... and I dreamt that I had fought courageously!,” plate 304
• Auguste-Hilarion, Comte de Kératry
• Mr. De Rign, plate 333 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Mr. Joliv...., plate 346 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• Travel across the attentive population, plate 413
• The Repose of France, plate 417
• The Loose Head, plate 427
• The Honours of the Pantheon, plate 433
• Come Here Little Chick, Chick..... Chick... Chick, Come Little Turkeys, plate 442
• Marie Louise Charlotte Philippine Pairie, prostitute, licensed by the police
• Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle
• “I'm guarding city hall”
• Dup…, plate 171 from Célébrités de la Caricature
• The Drunkard
• The Good Grandmother, plate 55
• Reading the newspaper in the family circle
• 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
• 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
• A Delicate Task, plate 37 from Revue Caricaturale
• The hunted hunter, plate 4 from La Chasse
• 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
• 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
• 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
• “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
• 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
• “- 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
• Subscribers Tyring to Cope with Their Paper, plate 115 from Actualités
• The Dormitory of a Distinguished Boarding School, plate 14 from Professeurs et Moutards (Professors and Rascals)
• Clean Young High School Students, They Even Try Selling Off their Latin Dictionary, plate 24 from Professeurs et Moutards (Professors and Rascals)
• “- 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
• 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
• “I am living a little high up... but at least I am enjoying a beautiful view,” plate 8 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “- 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
• “- 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
• Relaxation during the dog days, plate 33 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “- 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
• An Awkward Situation, plate 52 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “- We really look like Papa, don't we... little Cherub!,” plate 14 from Les Papas
• Louis-Philippe, Last King of the French 1848. Design for a medal to be manufactured by the National Mint
• “- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités
• The Friends of Peace - Result of a Speech By Coquerel. On leaving the ward of Saint Cécilia, a member of the peace congress decided to start general disarmament, plate 7 from Actualités
• The Recruiting Board. “Isn't it a glorious sight: these noble young Frenchmen full of ardour, strength and elegance ready to defend their honour under the flags of Mars,” plate 35 from Caricatures Du Jour
• “- Say then, Madme. Giboulard … don't you agree that it is not very pleasant for women of our gender, to come down like this everyday, cleaning the gutters of St. Honoré … - That's true, Madame Chaffarou, but we can also praise ourselves of being the only ones to embellish Paris!,” plate 75 from Caricatures Du Jour
• This is What Nowadays is Called a Light Work. “- My God, what's this!.... an encyclopaedia? “- No sir.... it is the novel 'the mysteries of Paris' that Madame bought at the bookshop of our Master. We will bring you the rest of the oeuvre as soon as it appears.,” plate 13 from Revue Caricaturale
• A Return of Youth. “Yell as much as you like, you little devil you.... my wife isn't home.... tear out my hair to your heart's content!,” plate 50 from Les beaux Jours de la vie
• The Advantage of Sharing the Fresh Air on an Italian Terrace Together with a Great Number of Insects, plate 42 from Pastorales
• Monsieur Filochard, ex shopkeeper, retired, feels the need of passing on his bust in marble to even remotest posterity, plate 68 from Les Bons bourgeois
• The Influence of the Peace Congress. “Oh you scoundrels, you are fighting again... you still don't know that man should live in peace and be master of himself,” plate 8 from Actualités
• “God! How I loved that fellow there!,” plate 16 from Caricatures Politiques
• A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• “He has become a Laaaand-Looooord!,” plate 18 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• A humanist woman of letters abandoning herself to the cerebral philosophic reflections on the subject of man!, plate 15 from Les Bas-Bleus
• “All is lost - save the cashbox”
• Departure for Spain. “He will mount! he will not mount! he will mount! and no, he will not mount!!!,” plate 498
• Lannes, plate 519
• “Look! See how his eyes are on the saveloys and the ham.... it seems we like Papa's job?..... my little piglet!,” plate 51 from Moeurs Conjugales
• Madame Greluche: “Oh, Gustave, how good! A real soothing warmth! Look at our son Loulou; the cute face he makes!” Mr. Greluche: "And Pyramus, he is afraid, afraid like a dog. If you only knew what he is doing right now, the little rascal,” plate 4 from Les Baigneurs
• Hannibal's Crossing. These lofty mountains where the crested snow resembles the white forehead of a giant trembles to forge a road, with a triumphant song Hannibal turned the Alps into cornichon. (Les Occidentals by Mr. Quinet), plate 28 from Histoire Ancienne
• An Addition to a Splendid Education. The young Chinese of the upper class don't only cultivate the art of the hunting horn, they also learn to give punches with the fist or the heels of their boots right into the pit of the stomach. This talent is called boxing with the feet and it is cultivated with the greatest success by all those who consider placing themselves on a good footing in society, plate 17 from Voyage En Chine
• Theater Plays in Beijing. The love for the theater in Beijing is reaching almost absurd dimensions, and strangely enough in all the plays it is about whether Mr. Alfred will marry Miss Josephine. There is no better proof for the stupidity of the Chinese people caused by opium, because they don't even realise that they see the same play every night and they stand in line in front of different theaters every day, worried that Miss Josephine marries Mr. Oscar without them attending the touching wedding ceremony, plate 27 from Voyage En Chine
• A Visit to the Salon
• The day of the great parade, plate 6 from Les Papas
• Frightened Woman
• Very High and Mighty Legitimate Brats. Peoples, defend yourselves, tear yourselves to pieces, sacrifice yourselves for these royals, you belong to them, imbeciles, plate 19
• It is Inconvenient to Rent an Apartment Close to the River, plate 13 from Locataires et Propriétaires
• A True Art Lover, plate 66 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• "- Tomorrow we will study Saturn. I want you to pay special attention to this great planet.... which in all likelihood you will never in your life have the opportunity to see!," plate 18 from Professeurs Et Moutards
• Oh Blast! ... the grapes really aren't good this year!, plate 24 from Pastorales
• “Brigand of a may-bug... it's you who devours all my property. You shall perish through my hand!,” plate 32 from Pastorales
• Disadvantage of Marrying a Woman with a So-Called Artistic Talent, plate 77 from Les Bons Bourgeois
• Business Envoys, plate 43 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• “- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”
• “- Husbands are really not what a vain people likes to believe!,” plate 3 from Les Divorceuses
• Thiers. Citizen Thiers Tries on the New Tail-Coat which Babin has Just Sent Him, plate 4 from Les Représentans Représentés
• A Gentleman Who Wanted to Study the Habits of Bees too Closely, plate 6 from Pastorales
• “It is war! ...Everyone for himself!,” plate 460
• Guiz....
• Giving the public the delights of Carpentras, plate 16 from Croquis Musicaux
• Three Gossips
• The Side Show (La Parade)
• Four Lawyers
• Mr. Dupin in His Little Shoes. Once Mr. Dupin noticed that one started a heated discussion about the reform of the election laws, he considered it the right moment to show himself at Clamecy, plate 123 from Actualités
• Henri Monnier. (in the role of Joseph Prudhomme) “- Never shall I allow that my daughter becomes the wife of a scribbler!,” plate 1 from Les Artistes Contemporains (Odéon)
• A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier
• The Three Judges
• The Three Connoisseurs
• Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art, plate 367 from Souvenirs d’artistes
• Proposal for improvement for the theatres in Paris, which will not fail to have its effect during the dog days, plate 4 from Croquis d’Été
• It’s strange: nothing is picking up at the stock exchange, not even the chestnut trees!, plate 520 from Actualités
• View of the Grand Hall, plate 1 from Souvenirdu Grand Festival des Orphéonistes
• The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857
• The Lesson of the Professor, plate five from Les Comédiens de Société
• France preparing to get her candidates to pass muster under the measure of standards, plate 73 from Actualités
• Citizen Thiers trying on a new costume, plate 114 from Actualités
• Inside a Butcher's Shop in Paris. “Come on my dear..... I know it is tough to sell our beef as cheap as that..... but that's no reason to weep like a calf!,” plate 75 from Actualités
• Result of the Demolishing of Buildings in Paris. “- After all, this is where I used to live.... and I can't even find my wife anymore,” plate 55 from Actualités
• “What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!...,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier
• The Ass and Two Thieves, plate 75 from Souvenirs d’artistes
• “- I actually thought a crocodile soup would taste better than that,” plate 7 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation
• “- 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
• A Scientist Trying to Befriend his Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation
• 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
• Third Class Carriage
• Oedipe. “- When my sword cut into his bleeding heart - You are trembling Madame - It was then that the world was falling apart,” plate ten from Physionomies tragiques
• "Would Monsieur like some crêpes?.. - He must have been an undertaker," plate five from Croquis Parisiens (Parisian Sketches)
• Landscape Painters at Work, plate 309 from Souvenirs d'artistes
• The New Paris. How fortunate for those in a hurry that the avenues have been widened!!!, plate 301 from Souvenirs d’artistes
• Entrance to the public baths at Deligny, plate 3 from Croquis D'été
• View of the Seine near Asnières during the dog days, plate 2 from Croquis D'été
• “- What a shame that I don't speak Chinese... I would love to say something real nice to her and something rather nasty to her husband,” plate 4 from En Chine
• “-What a shame that I am not allowed go hunting,” plate 180 from Actualitiés
• The Restaurant at the Exhibition. “- No clients at all… aren't these people hungry? - I guess that the hungry ones are eating the snacks they were offered,” plate 3 from Le Salon De 1857
• “- I'll go public with my business.... this is the right moment... I form a company with a capital of 3 Million Francs..... for the production of artifical plums!.... - I can already see you coming, you will ask me for the kernels,” plate 1 from Les Faiseurs D'affaires
• “- But you told me that children are not allowed in this house... - Sir, these are not children... they are the sons of the owner!...,” plate 23 from Croquis Parisiens, - par Daumier
• Run-Off Elections. “- Will she invite me for a second waltz?,” plate 114 from Actualités
• “- Are you coming to announce victory?... hurry up and give me the details!....,” plate 77 from Actualités
• The Aztecs before the scientists, plate 211 from Actualités
• In the bell section, plate 27 from L'exposition Universelle
• Two Grand Dukes Leaving for Sebastopol, plate 166 from Actualités
• “- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse
• On the Champs-Elysées. Tasting of the industrial products of different brewers, plate 18 from L'exposition Universelle
• “- Hard to imagine that one day I might have to trade my crown against a simple hat,” plate 249 from Actualités
• New Fashion of the Half-World. Reappearance of the baskets – it seems that these ladies are not yet quite done with their harvest, plate 295 from Actualités
• Emperor Nicolas working in his cabinet, plate 94 from Actualités
• Achilles and Agamemnon. Achilles: “- And what do I care about your Troy!,” plate one from Physionomies Tragiques
• Jules de L (also known as Lasteyrie the Argand lamp). Former member of the opposition, now ennemy of the light... blinded by the sudden appearance of the sun of the Republic, Jules de Lasteyrie now wears the eye-shade of the Constitutionnel, plate 33 from Les Représentans Représentés
• Neighborhood nymphs, come discreet nymphs Laboulie in these places arrayed with his glasses, Shows himself to your glances in uncovered masses A young journalist who, leaving the unsullied water having hardly given his signature Dries his fine torso in the sun, plate 5 from Idylles Parlementairesa
• “- Tell me, my friend, all the people who walk in this area turn around... could it be that this is the politician's district?,” plate 66 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• Family Scene
• Andromache. “- Our family 's destiny was pitiless death, my husband was tortured to the end of his breath,” plate 6 from Physionomies Tragiques
• Landscape painters at work, plate 309 from Souvenirs d’artistes
• The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857
• “- Finally we obtained the division of property between husband and wife... - about time, there was no more money left to divide,” plate 3 from Les Avocats Et Les Plaideurs
• The Parisian “- Tell me, good man, what are you doing with all these cows once they have become old and don't give milk any more? The Cowherd “- Silly question... we make oxen out of them!,” plate 13 from Ces Bons Parisiens
• “- Listen... I saw a hare over there... - Was that a long time ago? - Not at all... it was less than three months ago...,” plate 2 from Croquis De Chasse
• New Entertainment at the Parisian Evening Parties. The spirit of Mr. Hume shaving the beard of Monsieur de St. Potard and undoing the hair of Madame Coffignon, plate 8 from Ces Bons Parisiens
• Having finally found the solution to spend the summer of 1857 in a pleasant way, plate 429 from Actualités
• "- Can you see the comet?... just there, at the tip of my finger ... don't lose sight of my finger tip!," plate 5 from La Comète De 1857
• “- Adelaide, Adelaide.. I think I can see the comet coming!!... - Oh my God... this is the end of the world.... how annoying. They promised it wouldn't come until June 13!,” plate 31 from Croquis Parisiens
• The Reappearance of the Tritons of the Sea, plate 412 from Actualités
• The Despair of the Butcher. “- Just imagine: Anybody can establish himself as a butcher! Ah! There are moments when I feel like taking my meat chopper and cutting myself in two halves like a simple veal,” plate 458 from Actualités
• These are the joys of horseback racing, plate 411 from Actualités
• “- Baron, I have the honor of introducing you to Mr. Mérouel, one of our biggest bankers… - Baron, I have the honor of introducing you to Mr. Cascaret, one of our biggest shareholders,” plate 31 from Croquis D'été
• "- I wonder why this beast is following me all the time... I'll happily be paying 6 sous to jump on a bus," plate 1 from Émotions De Chasse
• Ratapoil and Casmajou. The most active members of the philanthropic society of December 10: the portraits are drawn from nature and are of striking similarity, plate six from Actualités
• A Sunday in the botanical gardens, plate 320 from Souvenirs d’artistes
• “- This one may look as unhappy as a rock, before I would give him a job", plate 311 from Souvenirs d’artistes
• Meanwhile They Keep on Insisting that She Has Never Been Better, plate 183 from Actualités
• The Waiter in Black Suits. Funeral of the tip box, plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens
• Just like Sisyphus, plate 27 from Actualités
• Scylla and Charybds, plate 44 from Actualités
• In the manner of Henry IV, from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• Strange.. this is what the French call "Chinois,” plate 21 from En Chine
• Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly.” Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions nautiques
• The Emperor of Morocco in Consultation With the Famous Magician Desbarolles. “- This small line here indicates to me that you are going to get a royal thrashing!,” plate 126 from Actualités
• A Unusual Battle Between El Cid and the Emperor of Morocco, plate 117 from Actualités
• The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full
• Philosophical Contemplations of a Lover of Silent Pleasures. To float on the back for an hour in a quiet tributary of the Marne with little water, some water lilies and lots of frogs: that's what makes a man happy!, from Les Baigneurs
• “- No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep,” plate 105 from Actualités
• A Kiss of Circumstances, plate 50 from Actualités
• “Overloaded! It is going to burst!,” plate 67 from Actualités
• “- Hello, neighbour, are you like me? I start to believe we would do well returning to Paris,” plate 1 from La Campagne En Hiver
• “- Yep... this is what I call a shplendid job.... and for just five sous per pound.. you reaaalllly get your money's worth!,” plate 7 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier
• “- You seems to enjoy doing my work. In exchange I could offer doing your job: I will go for a ride in your coach!,” plate 249 from Les Parisiens A La Campagne
• “- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques
• Open air exhibition of provincials coming to Paris to see the palace of industry, plate 31 from L'Exposition Universelle
• The Reappearance of the Tritons of the Sea, plate 412 from Actualités
• A New Outfit for the Lion's Hunt, plate 395 from Actualités
• A European Concert. Not allowed to participate in this part, plate 171 from Actualités
• “What about that..., they don't seem to be interested in me any more,” plate 89 from Actualités
• A Group of Men, and Other Sketches
• Merope. “A soldier of my stature is quite able to run the state once defended with so much fun,” plate 2 from Physionomies Tragiques (recto); Provost. (dans le Puff - Thtre Français) "Le Puff, est l'art de semer et de faire èclore á son profit la chose qui n'est pas" (verso)
• The disadvantage of having servants who have previously served at Mr. Duprez', plate 65 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• At the Champs-Elysées. It has never been quite clear whether the music makes the beer go down, or the beer that makes you swallow the music, plate 3 from Croquis Musicaux
• A Victim of His Own Politeness, plate 7 from Croquis Musicaux
• - Taken by her operetta part, Madame de St. Chalumeau is shouting so loud that she does not notice the bellowing of her child, plate 13 from Les Comédiens De Société
• Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth. “- This really tastes like bad cooking,” plate 142 from Actualités
• The Temptor. “- If you consent to belong to me... this empire will be yours,” plate 40 from Actualités
• Mr. Hume fantasizing about Julius Caesar polishing his boots, plate 388 from Actualités
• The Reappearance of the Tritons of the Sea, plate 412 from Actualités
• “- It's really quite flattering to have one's portrait exhibited at the Salon,” plate 7 from Le Salon de 1857
• The Week Before The Opening Of The Art Exhibition. Chorus: “- courage, let's finish the work! That's what friends are here for,” plate 399 from Actualités
• “- I want to go on this ship with you at once, Papa, my nanny said that the deluge will come again, and the only ones who will be saved, will be the animals on the ark of Mr. Leviathan!,” plate 484 from Actualités
• View of rue Lacépède during the hunt for a serpent, plate 500 from Actualités
• “- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer
• At Cherbourg, plate 546 from Actualités
• They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potoato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation
• “- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,” plate 1 from Croquis D'automne
• “- Now what? Are we going to continue hunting during the rain? - Not at all! The animals are just as afraid of the rain as we are. They might not be able to find this shelter, and we would end up losing too many of them!,” plate 5 from Croquis De Chasse
• An Umbrella in a Difficult Position, plate 119 from Actualités
• The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble, plate 134 from Actualités
• More marvels from the diamond hypnotist. Or, how to make the ladies pose in society in exhausting and not very gracious positions, plate 137 from Actualités
• “- Oysters at 25 sous a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 sous to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense,” plate 18 from Actualités
• “That will do the job!,” plate 91 from Actualités
• In front of Meissonnier's paintings, plate 3 from Le Public Du Salon
• “- I am sorry that I did not recognize you right away. I could not distinguish you from all the other roses!,” plate 55 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra
• "- How are you feeling today, Mr. Chapolard? - Madame Pochet, a concierge who knows how to behave, should address her landlord only in the third person. - How can I talk to you in the third person, since you are the first person I am seeing this morning," plate 11 from Croquis Parisiens
• "I never give a tip to the waiter... it encourages celibacy," plate 1 from Les Habitués Des Cafés
• "- Since he is now part of the family, he must also have his portrait taken", plate 269 from Actualités
• Fatherly Discipline
• Sketches From Le Havre. The well dressed gentleman: “- I am leaving for California.” The poorly dressed gentleman: “- That's where I just came from,” plate 239 from Actualités
• Monsieur Arthur: “- Oh Pamela! I am burning with love for you!” The husband herbalist: “- A mallow... of the family of Malvaceae... a sedative... I don't believe my friend Arthur has this specimen in the herbarium he asked me to build for him,” plate 2 from Croquades
• “- You are not wearing a Talma yet? - No, I remain loyal to the overcoat, it's more flattering to my waistline,” plate 1 from Les Bons Parisiens
• The Interior of a Family on January 2 - or the Danger of Consuming Immoderately Non-Hygienic Sweets, plate 62 from Actualités
• The Descent of the Courtille in 1855, plate 165 from Actualités
• The New Neapolitan Buffoon. Receiving the congratulations of the DEVIL instead of being carried off by him, plate 229 from Actualités
• Parisians looking forward to some fun. Queuing up for two hours in front of any theater in town, plate 1 from Les Bons Parisiens
• Holiday in the Country. “- Life in the country really isn't all that entertaining, as they all say. - And to think that spring has only just begun,” plate 14 from Ces Bons Parisiens
• The New Fashion. Which is the man, which is the woman?... make your guess if you can and choose if you dare, plate 270 from Actualités
• Another way to make use of the new petticoats that have lately become fashionable, plate 294 from Actualités
• The New Blockhouses. “- No more rent to pay, Monsieur Vautour... and we are no longer afraid of the janitor..... in our chalets we are all Swiss,” plate 332 from Actualités
• “- That's quite alright... isn't asphalt a marvellous invention?,” plate 1 from Paris L'hiver
• “- I'll never understand, how these exercises are supposed to ameliorate the condition of a horse..... the only thing that really counts is that the horseman feels good,” plate 1 from Croquis Équestres
• “- Just 15 cents for a full bath.... what a deal!,” plate 12 from Croquis Parisiens
• One of the Disadvantages of Living in the Basement. “Look, here are some more that grew last night...,” plate 15 from Croquis Parisiens
• Under the shade in the countryside, plate 11 from Croquis D'été
• The danger of wearing hoopskirts during a sudden spring storm, plate 26 from La Crinolomanie
• Study of Reverence for the Quadrille of the Lancers, plate 380 from Actualités
• A Rival of Mr. Hume's. “- Oh Adelaide, what an experience.... I just made the shadow of Sesostris appear in front of me! - And what did Sesostris say to you? - He spoke to me in French.. and called me a mug!,” plate 384 from Actualités
• “- Driver, driver, you cannot reject me, you have to save my life... bring me back to the races alive! - But come on, Spaniard… be reasonable… you don't have to fear the rain, since you are wearing a coat!…,” plate 2 from Le Carnaval De 1858
• “- Hey, Baptiste, what are these two shouting for the last hour… I am sure they are fighting! - Oh no, they make such funny movements, that's hilarious… I've got it: the are rehearsing a tragedy which they will perform at the party of Madame Follemèche… Lucky the bourgeois who can afford with his income to enjoy such entertainments… the man is almost as funny as the clown of the Folies-Nouvelles!,” plate 11 from Les Comédiens De Société
• A Scientist Trying to Befriend His Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation
• View of the grand hall. Map, height and view from front of the conductor. Grand alliance between telegraph and music, plate 1 from Souvenir Du Grand Festival Des Orphéonistes

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