The Godmother's Bouquet

“- 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

The Opening Night! “What! Even my porter offers me flowers!... Bless my soul, this comedy will cost me a fortune... I begin to regret that it hasn't been hissed off the stage altogether,” plate twelve from Les beaux jours de la vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"Again, Madame, whether you do or do not want to divorce, you are perfectly free"

J. J. Grandville, After Eugène Forest, Delaporte

Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Oysters at 25 cents a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 cents to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 23, 1866

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Madame Prudhomme, they are reorganizing the army. It is only right that I serve my duty as a Zouave, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 28, 1866

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Plate 43: A man of sensitivity at the right price, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

Honoré Daumier, Charles Philipon, Aubert et Cie, Junca, Aubert et Cie

“- Oysters at 25 sous a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 sous to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense,” plate 18 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Plate 18: Robert Macaire, banker and juror, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

Honoré Daumier, Charles Philipon, Aubert et Cie, Junca, Aubert et Cie

The declaration of Damocles, from "News of the day"

Honoré Daumier, Emile Ollivier, Walter Frères, Arnaud de Vresse

Plate 32: What in the devil Macaire!, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

Honoré Daumier, Charles Philipon, Aubert et Cie, Aubert et Cie