“- Beware my friend of the little baron... the more you dress him the less secured you will be,” plate 49 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

The Bourgeois and His Tailor, plate 5 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- You must come to have dinner, my wife will eat in town.. it is just us two men! - Ah, the Devil! I have a terrible headache (aside) and his wife is waiting for me!,” plate 7 from Vulgarités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

Scènes de Moeurs: Voulez-vous me permettre d'allumer mon brule-gueule?

Charles Joseph Traviès de Villers

Revers des médailles: Moi qui vous parle

Paul Gavarni

The Life of a Young Man

Paul Gavarni

“- You are not wearing a Talma yet? - No, I remain loyal to the overcoat, it's more flattering to my waistline,” plate 1 from Les Bons Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Eleven degrees centigrade! Look at how it makes you look! And this is called the year of grace!,” plate 1 from Vulgarités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier