How strange.... I had planted potatoes, and here I am harvesting truffles!

“- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

An Oasis in the Middle of the Plain of St. Denis, plate 5 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Des Mères de Famille!

Paul Gavarni

“- I am sorry that I did not recognize you right away. I could not distinguish you from all the other roses!,” plate 55 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Faite et Gestes du Propriétaire

Paul Gavarni

"- How are you feeling today, Mr. Chapolard? - Madame Pochet, a concierge who knows how to behave, should address her landlord only in the third person. - How can I talk to you in the third person, since you are the first person I am seeing this morning," plate 11 from Croquis Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les Lorettes

Paul Gavarni

“- Tell me, mayor, what are communists? - You know, Pierre, communists are people who want to have everything in common with every Frenchman: the money, the work, and the land. - Well, in my opinion there is one thing they seem to be lacking: common sense,” plate 42 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Faite et Gestes du Propriétaire

Paul Gavarni

Telemachus Ravaged by Love

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

Dis-donc, ma femme.... je crois que nous avons tort de laisser manger tant de raisin que ça à Toto ....., from En Vendanges, published in Le Charivari, September 21, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Perspective

Charles Samuel Keene