Baliverneries Parisiennes: Ah! Monsieu Radiguet

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

“- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- 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

“- So even if I admit, between us, that I stole Father Jerome's watch, you won't drop my case? - My dear thief, you really don't understand my position... if there were no offenders there would hardly be any lawyers.... Now that I know you are guilty, I will work on your alibi...,” plate 28 from Les Gens De Justice

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

It’s strange: nothing is picking up at the stock exchange, not even the chestnut trees!, plate 520 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- You must come to have dinner, my wife will eat in town.. it is just us two men! - Ah, the Devil! I have a terrible headache (aside) and his wife is waiting for me!,” plate 7 from Vulgarités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mon cheri ami, tu vois..., j'étais né pour être marquis..., from Les Comédiens de Société, published in Le Charivari, April 9, 1858

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

The Shirt Maker. “Sir, I have tailored here for you the best that is presently available..... with a shirt of my making one can present oneself in no matter what Salon and one will always be the best dressed man of the party,” plate 67 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - About time... I urgently need a new pair of boots,” plate 6 from Robert Macaire

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Vous l'avez emporté, mon cher, nommé à l'unanimite!

Jules Platier

At the Odeon Theater. “- The new production of TARTUFFE seems to be very good, but I am furious that there is no performance tonight… there have been restrictions, I presume?… - But no, Monsieur… - Well, I have been warned that it would end with the apotheosis of Béranger!,” plate 456 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier