“- Ah yes, those comets, they always predict great misfortunes. It doesn't surprise me at all that poor Madame Galuchet suddenly died last night,” plate 573 from Actualités

Ah!... les comètes..., ça annonce toujours quelques grands malheurs!..., from Actualités, published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians are taking all necessary precautions, even at mid-day, plate 385 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Parisians don't quite trust the assurances of Monsieur Babinet and insist on lying in wait for the comet, plate 394 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- 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

“- Ah, my dear Madame Chaffarou... this surely must be the end... the comet is coming and the sun is going,” plate 392 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

At the Fireworks Display. A father is a draft horse, provided by nature, plate 33 from Moeurs Conjugales and plate 14 in Actualités

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

“- I want to go on this ship with you at once, Papa, my nanny said that the deluge will come again, and the only ones who will be saved, will be the animals on the ark of Mr. Leviathan!,” plate 484 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Sight, plate 39 from Types Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Ah, it's true, my poor old man, you would be the first to whom I would have made to miss his bus. "But I'll Miss My Bus" "My Customers Have Never Missed Their Bus"

Henri Gabriel Ibels

You may suspect that this is a spectator! But you are wrong.... It's the manager of the theater!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, July 29, 1868

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

“- Mr. Colimard, if you don't stop immediately ogling the dancers in such an unseemly manner, I will take you home before the end of the performance!,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier