Actualités: Ah! M'ame Chopin!...

Ah, Théophile, what ghastly things I am reading about you, from 'These good Parisians,' published in Le Charivari, January 30, 1860

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

“- Oh, Madame Chaboulard, I wonder what will happen in the twelve months to come... the New Year starts on a Friday! … - I don't care, I am not superstitious… I only believe in the number 13 and in spiders!,” plate 477 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Thy hand cometh to slay Britannicus, thy brother. I foresee thy blows will soon hit thy mother,” plate 7 from Physionomies Tragico-Classiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Poids et mesures, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier

“- 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

Les Actrices: Bonjour mon Colonel!

Paul Gavarni

“- Here, my wife, is my daguerreotype portrait which I brought back for you from Paris... - Why didn't you have mine done while you were there... get lost, you egotist!,” plate 28 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“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

Comment,...c'est-t'y Dieu possible!..., from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, December 14, 1857

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Comment,...c'est-t'y Dieu possible!..., from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, December 14, 1857

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

M'sieu le boucher..., j'vous la souhaite bonne et heureuse!, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni