“How much I regret. My arms once so strong, my legs never fat and nothing went wrong” (an ancient song), plate 1 from Silhouettes

Le Manteau d'Arlequin: Eh bien ! Tu verra, ma fille...

Paul Gavarni

An Exaggerated Rejuvenation. “Just two or three sessions with me, Monsieur, and anyone who still claims to find a grey hair on you, is a malicious person.” As a matter of fact, since the end of the second session, Monsieur's head looks as shiny as that of a newborn baby, plate 52 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Bonnet

Mary Cassatt

Head of a Woman

Paul César Helleu

Dancer's Dressing Room, Second Plate

Jean Louis Forain

“Well...as the saying goes, like a genuine string of pearls, .... only some of them have become unthreaded, that's all!,” plate 9 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: Doux pays (...)

Johan Braakensiek

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Enough, enough, it's much too tight!! - But not at all, Monsieur, this fabric suits you like a glove!”, plate 5 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

En ung mand betragter tre kvinder i et spejl

Carl Bloch

The Pamela Hat. “You are perfectly right Madame to adopt this ravishing form of a new hat...... especially from the side it matches beautifully your physiognomy.....!,”plate 76 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier