The Bath Tub Cars. “- Say, Jerome....did you see these travellers yesterday who complained about our cars under the pretext that the rain inconvenienced them? - For only 7 Francs they traveled to Orléans, including a four hour bath.... there are people who are never content! Next they will want us to serve them an almond-paté as part of the bargain... and then they don't even give a sou to the boy who cleans the bath tub,” plate 10 from Les Chemins De Fer, 1843
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“Monsieur, Monsieur, here's your handkerchief. Madame has put some Eau de Cologne on it and she said you should ask at the Guard whether you might get a foot warmer,” plate 47 from Moeurs Conjugales, 1842
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Woman (La femme), Modeled probably after 1860, cast 1930s–1960s
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The Janitor (Le portier Parisien), Modeled probably after 1860, cast 1930s–1960s
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The Evening of the National Holiday. It never fails... you go out to see the fireworks, and all you get is waterworks!, plate 20 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie, published August 21, 1844
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“- We really look like Papa, don't we... little Cherub!,” plate 14 from Les Papas, 1847
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Poor young man! Just one more letter and his moral situation would become perfectly clear, plate 1 from Sentimens Et Passionsa, 1840
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“- Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by cannibals. - No, Sir.... and the proof is that, if you want, I am going to make you eat an excellent fricassee of game in a white wine sauce. - A fricassee of game ....oh, then it's different..... we are with the Chatophages. (note:cat-eaters),” plate 2 from Les Canotiers Parisiens, 1843
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The Dandy (Le dandy), Modeled probably after 1860, cast c. 1951
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National Academy of Design Medal, 1891–1908
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Prie-Dieu Cover, c. 1857/60
Even the Planets are Watching with Interest the Arrival of the Famous Comet, plate 9 from La Cométe De 1857, 1857
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Physiognomy of the Stock Exchange. The despair of the baissier and the triumph of the haussier - or crying and laughing, plate 440 from Actualités, 1857
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“- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong,” plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra, 1848
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Mr. Dupin in His Little Shoes. Once Mr. Dupin noticed that one started a heated discussion about the reform of the election laws, he considered it the right moment to show himself at Clamecy, plate 123 from Actualités, 1850
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It Naples. - The Commission of Bastonnades During Their Delicate Job. “- It took a while to convince this one to yell: "LONG LIVE THE KING!"... but finally we got to the bottom... and now he is completely in favour of the Government..,” plate 213 from Actualités, 1855
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The disadvantage of shooting at young partridges with the new explosive bullets of Devisme, plate 17 from Émotions De Chasse, 1858
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“- It's nippy, Mr. Galimard, it's nippy!... - Allow me to say that at 8 degrees the rivers and the noses are frozen...,” plate 39 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra, 1848
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“- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,” plate 1 from Croquis D'automne, 1858
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The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales, 1841
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