“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

“- 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

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

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

“- Here, my wife, is my daguerreotype portrait which I brought back for you from Paris... - Why didn't you have mine done while you were there... get lost, you egotist!,” plate 28 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Maudit propriétaire..., tu seras donc cause de tous mes maux..., from L'Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, April 26, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Baliverneries Parisiennes

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

"- Since he is now part of the family, he must also have his portrait taken", plate 269 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- 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

Mephistopheles Appearing to Faust, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix

Self-Portrait of a Frenchman, plate 2 from Scénes D'ateliers

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