“- Citizen, you owe me another five sous for your luggage, and I am even generous because if I wanted to I could count your wife as a second piece of luggage,” plate 457 from Actualités, 1857
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
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, 1835
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Man in a Tall Hat (Tete d'homme en chapeau haut de forme), Modeled possibly 1830s, cast 1944–50
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
L'Homme à Large Perruque (Louis XIV), Modeled 1828–79, cast 1959–60
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Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, December 1866
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
“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, 1840
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The Battle of Cowpens of 1781, c. 1781/1800 original; restrike
Benjamin Du Vivier
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, 1845
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“Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Baigneurs, 1840
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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, 1842
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“- But I am telling you, they are friends.... they are just expressing themselves to each other,” plate 9 from Les Amis, 1845
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Mr. Hume fantasizing about Julius Caesar polishing his boots, plate 388 from Actualités, 1857
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Rebecca of the Desert, n.d.
Victor Jean Adam
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, 1856
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To Victor Hugo, 1889
Henri Fantin-Latour
In Tangiers. “- Sublime Majesty... the Spanish are coming... in order to frighten them off I took the liberty to fully open your umbrella as a sign of your greatness! - Leave me alone with my umbrella, Belboul.... I would rather like to have an umbrella protecting me from their bullets,” plate 115 from Actualités, November 14, 1859
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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, 1838/39
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“- Defendant! Do you have any means of living? - Thank you Mr President.... I have quite a good stomach,” plate 4 La Comédie Humaine, 1843
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A Delicate Task, plate 37 from Revue Caricaturale, 1843
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“- I'd regret if this mode gets to be out of fashion one day... these ladies are doing half of my job!,” plate 438 from Actualités, 1857
Honoré-Victorin Daumier