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“- Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles..... here are two Francs.... but put in properly my name and address in your newspaper, Rigolard - Philanthropist, stationer at rue St. Honoré 345, offering clocks and statues by Dantan, Bohemian glass, English riding sticks, German chemical matches and generally everything that does not really concern this matter,” plate 6 from Les Philantropes Du Jour

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Masks and faces

Paul Gavarni

A defence lawyer at the Court of Arbitration discussing business at his usual office premises, plate 27 from Les Gens De Justice

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Pharmacy for Every Need (plate 24)

Charles Émile Jacque

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Cannie!

Charles Samuel Keene

Listen, you friend of rearmament..... if you saved on steel you could also save some money!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, July 6, 1867

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Spoorweginspectie

Patricq Kroon

Predikant bij gevangene in cel

Patricq Kroon

“- Citizen, you owe me another five sous for your luggage, and I am even generous because if I wanted to I could count your wife as a second piece of luggage,” plate 457 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les maris me font toujours rire: Et le jeune homme...

Paul Gavarni

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier