“Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Baigneurs

“- Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by cannibals. - No, Sir.... and the proof is that, if you want, I am going to make you eat an excellent fricassee of game in a white wine sauce. - A fricassee of game ....oh, then it's different..... we are with the Chatophages. (note:cat-eaters),” plate 2 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Baroness, it is my honor!...

Honoré Daumier, Ch. Trinocq

“It's important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it's a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he'll learn it… he is still young!,” plate 5 from Les Baigneurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Our boat let go the anchor and has drifted away.... we're stuck on this lonely island like Robinson Crusoe... and without anything to eat and no parrot... - That's true.... and I really don't know what to eat, once I have devoured you, poor Cabassol!,” plate 5 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- In my opinion: as long as there are Indians populating India... - But what do you want to replace them with?… - With Auvergnats… they settle everywhere!,” plate 451 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Difficult Navigation. “- The boat doesn't move! Pull Dumouchel, pull.... why the devil don't you pull! - But I am doing nothing else than that for the last three hours!.... and this is called a pleasure trip! I'd rather sell my prunes in rue de la Verrerie.... that's less tiring!,” plate 6 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

There's a strange one..., from 'The landscape painters,' published in Le Charivari, December 9, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Mon ami..., lâche lui ta canne.... from Aux Bains de Mer, published in Le Charivari, September 28, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

“- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,” plate 1 from Croquis D'automne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Confession Of Faith. “Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet,” plate 23 from Les Baigneurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

It’s strange: nothing is picking up at the stock exchange, not even the chestnut trees!, plate 520 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier