Le Manteau d'Arlequin: Eh bien ! Tu verra, ma fille...

“Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“How much I regret. My arms once so strong, my legs never fat and nothing went wrong” (an ancient song), plate 1 from Silhouettes

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les maris me font toujours rire: Et voilà le grandissime secret...

Paul Gavarni

An Exaggerated Rejuvenation. “Just two or three sessions with me, Monsieur, and anyone who still claims to find a grey hair on you, is a malicious person.” As a matter of fact, since the end of the second session, Monsieur's head looks as shiny as that of a newborn baby, plate 52 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- 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

“- 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-Parents-Terribles series: Will you read that chapter over again...

Paul Gavarni

“- Enough, enough, it's much too tight!! - But not at all, Monsieur, this fabric suits you like a glove!”, plate 5 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Masks and faces: Have you done?

Paul Gavarni

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: He goes on the loose

Paul Gavarni

Les anglais chez eux: Vous pensez donc...

Paul Gavarni

Masks and faces: I have been slandered

Paul Gavarni