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A work made of lithograph in black, with additions in pen and brown ink (discolored to grayish brown) and caption in pen and brown ink, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper.

A Man Saved Against his Will, plate seven from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black, with hand coloring, on ivory wove paper, fixed (fixative discolored to yellow).

DUP..., plate 171 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1832

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

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, 1859

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

“- I would have so much loved to make him a butcher too... now I am forced to make him a lawyer,” plate 467 from Actualités, 1857

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on ivory wove paper.

Each time I take you to the opera ball…, plate four from Paris l’hiver, 1845

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on ivory wove paper.

View of the Stone Bridge from the Kremlin, 1833

Alexis-Victor Joly

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

“- 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, 1845

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

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, 1847

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

A humanist woman of letters abandoning herself to the cerebral philosophic reflections on the subject of man!, plate 15 from Les Bas-Bleus, 1844

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

“- 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, 1843

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on ivory wove paper.

Academy of Women. A new Richelieu, founding a new Academy of a different kind.... of the feminine gender, plate 33 from Revue Caricatureale, 1843

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

One of the Disadvantages of Living in the Basement. “Look, here are some more that grew last night...,” plate 15 from Croquis Parisiens, 1856

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on off-white wove paper.

(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, 1840

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

“- 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, 1845

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of color lithograph on cream wove paper.

For Victory, Buy More Bonds; Fourth Liberty Loan, September 28–October 18, 1918

John Scott Williams

A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso.

“Thy hand cometh to slay Britannicus, thy brother. I foresee thy blows will soon hit thy mother,” plate 7 from Physionomies Tragico-Classiques, published April 6, 1841

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

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, 1850

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

“- 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, 1846

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

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, 1842

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

“- Come, come, Mr. Pomard... keep your spirits up... only two more leagues and we can rest... - What a piece of luck, we didn't bag anything... I wouldn't even have the strength to carry a partridge,” plate 21 from Émotions De Chasse, 1858

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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