The Other Mrs. Johnson

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Coat with the Fur Lining

Charles Samuel Keene

“You tramp! I would like to see you drown in your beer! Leaving me alone like that with my three children, he gives me twelve sous, and when he comes back in the evening, he asks for his change!,” plate 48 from Moeurs Conjugales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Thinking It Over

Thomas Waterman Wood

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

Smoking Strictly Prohibited

Charles Samuel Keene

“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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- This one may look as unhappy as a rock, before I would give him a job", plate 311 from Souvenirs d’artistes

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Roker, kijkend in een kruik

anonymous

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Gnieren og den fattige kone

Wilhelm Marstrand

Drop 'Em

Thomas Nast