Les maris me font toujours rire: Prends garde, chéri..

Say-So, Papa!, from Masques et Visages

Paul Gavarni

Les maris me font toujours rire: Item, pour avoir montré, au bal de la Préfecture...

Paul Gavarni

Les maris me font toujours rire: Et voilà le grandissime secret...

Paul Gavarni

Les maris me font toujours rire: Comme tu ments mal, mon chéri

Paul Gavarni

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Will you read that chapter over again...

Paul Gavarni

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: He goes on the loose

Paul Gavarni

“- My dear friend, we have learned yesterday at the theatre that a gentleman has inadvertedly stepped on your foot.... We have come to get his address and we are eager to announce that the affair is arranged.... He is waiting for you this morning in the Bois de Boulogne. You will raise pistols at a distance of 15 paces,” plate 1 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les anglais chez eux: Vous pensez donc...

Paul Gavarni

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

Paul Gavarni

“- My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty,” plate 8 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa

Honoré-Victorin Daumier