Monsieur Arthur: “- Oh Pamela! I am burning with love for you!” The husband herbalist: “- A mallow... of the family of Malvaceae... a sedative... I don't believe my friend Arthur has this specimen in the herbarium he asked me to build for him,” plate 2 from Croquades

“- I am sorry that I did not recognize you right away. I could not distinguish you from all the other roses!,” plate 55 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Chemin de Toulon

Paul Gavarni

Des Mères de Famille!

Paul Gavarni

“So this is what's called following the stream of life..... to be compelled to march lockstep with such a fool!,” plate 52 from Moeurs Conjugales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A portée de lorgnon

Paul Gavarni

Youthful Memories. “- You see our letters have not yet been erased... oh Sophie, it was here that I gained your heart. - Hold your tongue now, Théophile.... if someone should hear us!,” plate 49 from Married Life

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Brigand of a may-bug... it's you who devours all my property. You shall perish through my hand!,” plate 32 from Pastorales

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

Faite et Gestes du Propriétaire

Paul Gavarni

Madame Cabassol going for a romantic stroll in the botanical gardens together with the youngest friend of her husband's. Sudden encounter with the latter not far from a stag, plate 4 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Så kom da ! Så kom da !

C.W. Eckersberg

Illustration to Roderick Random, by Tobias Smollett

Francis Hayman