Merope. “A soldier of my stature is quite able to run the state once defended with so much fun,” plate 2 from Physionomies Tragiques (recto); Provost. (dans le Puff - Thtre Français) "Le Puff, est l'art de semer et de faire èclore á son profit la chose qui n'est pas" (verso)

Andromache. “- Our family 's destiny was pitiless death, my husband was tortured to the end of his breath,” plate 6 from Physionomies Tragiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Oedipe. “- When my sword cut into his bleeding heart - You are trembling Madame - It was then that the world was falling apart,” plate ten from Physionomies tragiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Trust me! Take my arm...

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Bartet and Mounet-Sully, in Antigone

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Diogenes and Alcibiades at the Odeon. “- Ah... it's modern....what a man!,” plate 121 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Woman Seated on a Stool

Stefano Della Bella

A Princely Idyl, Clara Ward

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

Bartet and Mounet-Sully, in Antigone

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edouard Kleinmann

Away!, plate seven from Othello

Théodore Chassériau

Study for a Scene from "Carnaval"

Paul Gavarni

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni