The Inconvenience of Having His Hair Curled. “Oh blast.... look here, watch out... you are burning me.... I am meeting someone, and I want you to make me look good....... but in order to declare my burning passion, I don't need to smell scorched!,” plate 31 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

The Shirt Maker. “Sir, I have tailored here for you the best that is presently available..... with a shirt of my making one can present oneself in no matter what Salon and one will always be the best dressed man of the party,” plate 67 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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

La simple comédie ne suffisant plus à l'ambition artiste de Mr. de Boisfumé..., from Les Comédiens de Société, published in Le Charivari, May 11, 1858

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble, plate 134 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

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

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“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

Marriage of "L'époque" and "Le Constitutionnel". Bilboquet: “- Honourable couple, I hereby unite you and bless you. Go and grow in format and may your almanacs multiply!,” plate 125 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Tooth Puller (plate 15)

Charles Émile Jacque

“- 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