“- 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

Ma femme..., comme nous n'aurions pas le temps de tout voir en un jour..., from L'Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, April 18, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Ma femme m'a recommandé de lui rapporter mon portrait fait à Paris..., from Dans la Salle des Ventes, published in Le Charivari, April 4, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Cristi,... v'là-t-y un boeuf qui est bien fait!..., from Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, May 4, 1859

Honoré Daumier

Tiens..., qu' est-ce qu' c'est donc qu' ça?..., from Naïvetés, published in Le Charivari, April 15, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

“- What a fortunate encounter! It's my dear Stanislaus whom I haven't seen since we were in the sixth class together at Landernau.... in these times we used to share everything.... Things should be the same again, could you lend me 20 or 25 Francs?,” plate 2 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Last Flemish, I

Félicien Rops

In front of Meissonnier's paintings, plate 3 from Le Public Du Salon

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les maris me font toujours rire: M'ame Jolibiais est grosse...

Paul Gavarni

Just imagine my good fellow.... if they knew how we make their cheese, they surely wouldn't hurry so much, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 30, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Gallery at Hotel Drouot: The Day of the Sale

Honoré Daumier, Charles Maurand, François Louis Schmied

View of boulevards during a market for trinkets

Honoré Daumier, Destouches

“- 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