Charles-Guillaume Ètienne, Modeled c. 1832–35, cast 1929–50
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Study of Two Kneeling Clerics (recto); Study of Standing Youth (verso), 1507/08
Vittore Carpaccio
L'Art Nouveau, Grafton Galleries, 1899
Frank Brangwyn
Roman Victory, 1889
James Ensor
Mr. Prune, plate 288 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1833
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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, 1852
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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, 1844
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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, 1837
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“- 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, 1840
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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, published November 30, 1842
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A Group of Men, and Other Sketches, 1857
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“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, 1839
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Attack of the Turks, n.d.
Victor Jean Adam
The Final Conclusion of His Bloody Dictatorship, April 18, 1945
Pavel P. Sokolov-Skalia
“- 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, 1849
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Jacques-Antoine-Adrien, baron Delort, Modeled c. 1832–35, cast 1929–50
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“- 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, 1843
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Charles Henry Verhuel, Comte de Sevenaar, Admiral and Peer, Modeled c. 1835, cast 1935–52
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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, 1839
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Worker and Bourgeois, from Les Parisiens En 1848, 1848
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