“- That's quite alright... isn't asphalt a marvellous invention?,” plate 1 from Paris L'hiver

Paris Grippé, from Actualités, published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

“- May the devil get the inventor of all these New Year's presents!” Reflection of a sensitive, generous but tormented Parisian father, plate 476 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I'll go public with my business.... this is the right moment... I form a company with a capital of 3 Million Francs..... for the production of artifical plums!.... - I can already see you coming, you will ask me for the kernels,” plate 1 from Les Faiseurs D'affaires

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Ma femme..., comme nous n'aurions pas le temps de tout voir en un jour..., from L'Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, April 18, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

“- Incredible... but we now have to give the exact weight! - and we can no longer sell bones for meat - and wine really has to be wine! - all together now: It's DISGUSTING!,” plate 4 from Croquis Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Hé c'est l'ami Carême!, Musée Grotesque No. 53

Aaron Martinet

“- Oh, my friend... I am afraid of these people there. - And rightly so... they are quite vicious, they beat their women and make them have black children!,” plate 101 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Driver, driver, you cannot reject me, you have to save my life... bring me back to the races alive! - But come on, Spaniard… be reasonable… you don't have to fear the rain, since you are wearing a coat!…,” plate 2 from Le Carnaval De 1858

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Cristi,... v'là-t-y un boeuf qui est bien fait!..., from Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, May 4, 1859

Honoré Daumier

Tiens..., qu' est-ce qu' c'est donc qu' ça?..., from Naïvetés, published in Le Charivari, April 15, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Soulouque trouvant qu'à Paris, la location des cases est beaucoup trop chère, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, April 9, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier