“- Mister butcher, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year… - What? This is going to be a nice one, this 1858… every grocer around the corner will be able to sell my mutton!…,” plate 481 from Actualités, 1858
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“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, 1840
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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, 1843
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Vega, from Album I, 1955, published 1959
Victor de Vasarely
Untitled, n.d.
Victor Jean Adam
“- 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, 1859
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“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, 1846
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The lawyer becomes sick, a last resort when his case is beginning to also look sick, plate 30 from Les Gens De Justice, 1847
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The Dogs are Again Falling in Despair After Having Heard that There Will Be a New Dog Licence Tax After All, plate 171 from Actualités, 1855
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Charles Leonard Galleis, Modeled c. 1832–35 or c. 1849, cast 1929–40
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A Neighbour Complaining about the Watering of his Lawn, plate ten from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1846
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Untitled, June 22, 1945
Mikhail V. Mal'tsev
“- 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, 1847
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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, 1842
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Andromache. “- Our family 's destiny was pitiless death, my husband was tortured to the end of his breath,” plate 6 from Physionomies Tragiques, 1851
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View of the Seine near Asnières during the dog days, plate 2 from Croquis D'été, 1854
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A Model Marriage: For Thirty Years They Have Cultivated Virtue and Carnations, plate six from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1846
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Giving the public the delights of Carpentras, plate 16 from Croquis Musicaux, 1852
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Diogenes and Alcibiades at the Odeon. “- Ah... it's modern....what a man!,” plate 121 from Actualités, published January 23, 1846
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Main Staircase of the Palace of Justice. Front view, plate 36 from Les Gens De Justice, 1848
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