Come on... don't be such a bourgeois.... at least have a look at this Courbet!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 22, 1865

Ah, my dear sir, allow me to tell you that this year you have quite simply exhibited a masterpiece, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 31, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

A fantastic painter, from 'A sketch from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 11, 1865

Honoré Daumier

The visitor and the artist, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 30, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!..., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 1, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

La peintre qui a eu un tableau refuse, from L'Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, April 27, 1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Election reform in England, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, February 26, 1866

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Just look what a degenerated and corrupt world we are living in...., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 8, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

– What are you doing with these stretchers? – Monsieur, a reunion of the literary society is taking place in this house, from "News of the day"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

Look, the quotations from the stock exchange... are our shares going up?, from 'Parisian Sketches,' published in Le Charivari, July 21, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Bailiff at the commercial court, from 'Parisian Sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 13, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Well, if you look very closely, you might end up finding some quality! The color seems to be good., from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 16, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Looking at a Manet painting, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 19, 1865

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet