Friendship With a Great Chemist is Not Always a Godsend… “I am so sure of my findings that I will now poison my best friend, Mr. Coquardeau, and I will retrieve arsenic in his eyeglasses,” plate 39 from Émotions Parisiennes

“- Defendant! Do you have any means of living? - Thank you Mr President.... I have quite a good stomach,” plate 4 La Comédie Humaine

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Derniere travaux d'un congrès scientifique

Jules Platier

Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar

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

A defence lawyer at the Court of Arbitration discussing business at his usual office premises, plate 27 from Les Gens De Justice

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Beer? Never! Only absinthe can put a fellow back on his feet, from 'The Chinese of Paris,' published in Le Charivari, December 18, 1863

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

A Reception. “Gentlemen..... let's drink to the health of the French sailors in general and to the new teammate Greluchon in particular!.... and while waiting for his baptism by fire, we'll give him in the meantime one with water,” plate 10 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A difficult patron of the arts, from 'Exhibition sketches,' published in Le Charivari, June 17, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

“- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel...!!,” plate 22 from Professeurs and Moutards

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Consequences of a horsemeat dinner, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 8, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Shwell... this is what I call a shplendid job.... and for shust five chous per pound!..., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 7, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

The Shirt Maker. “Sir, I have tailored here for you the best that is presently available..... with a shirt of my making one can present oneself in no matter what Salon and one will always be the best dressed man of the party,” plate 67 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Absinthe: The first glass, the sixth glass, from 'The Chinese of Paris," published in Le Charivari, December 22, 1863

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet