“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

“Oh blast! I don't seem to be able to tie a knot!” plate 4 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Legs are Shaking. (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“Indeed, I don't know what they looked like at Austerlitz, but they could hardly have looked any better,” plate 7 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Hommes de Bourse

Paul Gavarni

“- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong,” plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Hard to imagine that one day I might have to trade my crown against a simple hat,” plate 249 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

To think that I might soon be reduced to exchanging my crown for a simple hat!

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne

Michel Goudchaux

Honoré Daumier

Le Comédien

Paul Gavarni

“I don't give a damn about your Miss Sand who prevents women from mending pants and darning socks! ... We must re-establish divorce or suppress those authors!,” plate 6 from Moeurs Conjugales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni