Carnaval

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“- My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty,” plate 8 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

Pardonnez-moi, ô mon Dieu!..., from Les Comédiens de Société, published in Le Charivari, April 3, 1858

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

A Misapprehension at the Odeon, on a Day of Drama. “- Come on, come on let's go! - I am telling you it's not finished. The curtain has gone up again and there is still Roman on the stage,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Hamlet and the Queen, plate 10 from Hamlet

Eugène Delacroix

Baliverneries Parisiennes: Ah! Monsieu Radiguet

Paul Gavarni

“- I am not afraid for me, but if I think of poor Azor who will perish on the 13th of June... it simply breaks my heart,” plate 8 from La Cométe De 1857

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Actor: “- It's obvious that it is hot out there... only three spectators in the audience... should we really start?” The Director: “- And one of them is the refreshments vendor ... quickly raise the curtain before he has a chance to leave,” plate 1 from Paris L'été

Honoré-Victorin Daumier