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

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“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

Malbroug s'en va-t-en Guerre...

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

Les Lorettes

Paul Gavarni

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

“- Sire! Lisbon has been captured. - aaaah!!... and I dreamt that I had fought courageously!,” plate 304

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni

Carnaval

Paul Gavarni