Insurrection against husbands is proclaimed as being the first and holiest duty in life!, plate 1 from Les Femmes Socialistes, 1849
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A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1846
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“- Madeleine, how could you ever accept a piece of meat like this one? - Madame, the butcher told me that the meat commerce will be free, therefore he took the liberty of giving me this piece,” plate 463 from Actualités, 1857
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A Victim of His Own Politeness, plate 7 from Croquis Musicaux, 1852
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Mr. D'argo .., plate 292 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1833
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Victorian Building, South Side, Chicago, c. 1946
Walker Evans
“- I'll go public with my business.... this is the right moment... I form a company with a capital of 3 Million Francs..... for the production of artifical plums!.... - I can already see you coming, you will ask me for the kernels,” plate 1 from Les Faiseurs D'affaires, 1856
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In the manner of Henry IV, from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra, 1852
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A Visit to the Salon. Obviously all the sculptors are a naughty bunch, plate 1 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra, 1847
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“- Our boat let go the anchor and has drifted away.... we're stuck on this lonely island like Robinson Crusoe... and without anything to eat and no parrot... - That's true.... and I really don't know what to eat, once I have devoured you, poor Cabassol!,” plate 5 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843
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The Gust of Wind. “- Oh blast! I've lost my hat! - Don't worry.... since it is waterpoof.... you won't have a problem reclaiming it at Rouen!,” plate 17 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843
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“I don't rent to people with children,” plate 14 from Locataires Et Propriétaires, 1847
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“- I'll never understand, how these exercises are supposed to ameliorate the condition of a horse..... the only thing that really counts is that the horseman feels good,” plate 1 from Croquis Équestres, 1856
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“I don't want to go into such a deep water...... there are surely big fish in there!,” plate 1 from Enfantillages, 1859
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El Cid also takes to the field to fight against the Moors, plate 116 from Actualités, 1859
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Theater Plays in Beijing. The love for the theater in Beijing is reaching almost absurd dimensions, and strangely enough in all the plays it is about whether Mr. Alfred will marry Miss Josephine. There is no better proof for the stupidity of the Chinese people caused by opium, because they don't even realise that they see the same play every night and they stand in line in front of different theaters every day, worried that Miss Josephine marries Mr. Oscar without them attending the touching wedding ceremony, plate 27 from Voyage En Chine, 1845
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“- It's useless to show you my apartment. We are not renting out to mothers with children,” plate 1 from Les Portiers De Paris, 1856
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“- I was told to go to the cold batha to lose weight. - You don't say, I was just told the opposite. - Maybe they are good for everything this year! - True for everything, except cleanliness," plate 39 from Croquis D'été, 1858
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“- Tell me, mayor, what are communists? - You know, Pierre, communists are people who want to have everything in common with every Frenchman: the money, the work, and the land. - Well, in my opinion there is one thing they seem to be lacking: common sense,” plate 42 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra, 1848
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Philosophical Contemplations of a Lover of Silent Pleasures. To float on the back for an hour in a quiet tributary of the Marne with little water, some water lilies and lots of frogs: that's what makes a man happy!, from Les Baigneurs, 1864
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