For Victory, Buy More Bonds; Fourth Liberty Loan, September 28–October 18, 1918
John Scott Williams
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, 1843
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1845
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Husbands are really not what a vain people likes to believe!,” plate 3 from Les Divorceuses, 1848
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1858
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
A Unusual Battle Between El Cid and the Emperor of Morocco, plate 117 from Actualités, 1859
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
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, 1839
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
A New Way to Float Down the River of Life, plate three from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
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, published December 18, 1844
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1841
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
The Poster Man, plate 17 from Bohémiens de Paris, 1842
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Hard to imagine that one day I might have to trade my crown against a simple hat,” plate 249 from Actualités, 1855
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Mules Harnessed, n.d.
Victor Jean Adam
“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thought I had seen it over there... but then it was just the fire from a chimney... this time we got off with no more than a fright,” plate 3 from La Cométe De 1857, 1857
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Bearded Man, n.d.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- Brrrr! I am furious that I came here to hunt in the St. Denis-Plain. It's just too cold!… - One of those days when you would love to catch a bear. His fur would be more than welcome right now!,” plate 3 from Croquis De Chasse, 1858
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1841
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
An Unpleasant Encounter, plate sixteen from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1847
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
“- 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, 1850
Honoré-Victorin Daumier