“I say to myself: would anybody imagine that we are coming from the Rue des Lombards?... We really don't look like confectioners at all,” plate 2 from Coquetry

Pochades de carnaval: C'est singulier! elle me dit que je suis Philibert Désormeaux, et que je passe pour un imbecile!! ....où diable à-t-elle sù cela?

Clémente Pruche

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“Hello, Angel, always pretty...,” plate 3 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A portée de lorgnon

Paul Gavarni

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

The Theatre: The Last Scene

Honoré Daumier, Charles Maurand, François Louis Schmied

“There you are, my dear.... and now I bet you'll be going after other girls....,” plate 1 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Rifolard opens the ball and executes a bold dancing step forward, which receives widespread praise, plate 5 from Les Banqueteurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Weary and Dissatisfied with Everything

Winslow Homer

“- Well yes, it's true, the daughter of Mame Chopin got married yesterday with the son of Durand. I just talked to the young man and from what he told me (in full confidence), she must have had some strange ones before him…,” plate 6 from Les Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Much Ado about Nothing

George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni