Scylla and Charybds, plate 44 from Actualités

From Scylla to Charybdis, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 20, 1869

Honoré Daumier, Walter Frères, Arnaud de Vresse

Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly.” Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions nautiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Qu-est-ce qui disent donc les autres..., from En Chine, published in Le Charivari, December 20, 1858

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Fishing with a sweep-net can be dangerous, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 13, 1872

Honoré Daumier

Comment..., flots impudents!... vous ne savez donc pas qui vous portez en ce moment,...., from Émotions Nautiques, published in Le Charivari, October 26, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

From Scylla to Charybdis, from "News of the day"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Meanwhile They Keep on Insisting that She Has Never Been Better, plate 183 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions Nautiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Meanwhile they keep on insisting that she has never been better!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 24, 1872

Honoré Daumier

An Unpleasant Encounter. “Bernardel, Bernardel! Here comes the steamer... we will sink!,” plate 16 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A bit too old to play "Colossus of Rhodes," from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 10, 1867

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

How can the building be restored if the workers are fighting between each other?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 17, 1872

Honoré Daumier