–They're talking about new elections. –Before I vote for a candidate, I want him to be examined by a doctor to make sure he is not declared invalid again, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 27, 1869

A Money Scrivener

Thomas Rowlandson

The Tax Collectors (Les Traitants)

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Just imagine that there are people drinking absinthe..., from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, January 30, 1864

Honoré Daumier

A Sunday connoisseur, from 'At the Louvre,' published in Le Charivari, February 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Singing Couple and Violin

Adriaen van Ostade

The Ringball Player (Het Klosbaantje)

After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

The Rag Gatherers (Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris)

James McNeill Whistler

Ducarre at Les Ambassadeurs (from Le Café Concert)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edward Ancourt, l'Estampe Originale

Viennese Café: On the Terrace (Wiener Café: Auf der Terasse)

Moriz Jung, Wiener Werkstätte

Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie)

Gustave Courbet

Miseries of London, or a Surly Saucy Hackney Coachman

Thomas Rowlandson

Afternoon Tea

James McNeill Whistler