M'sieu le boucher..., j'vous la souhaite bonne et heureuse!, from "Actualités"

“- Mister butcher, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year… - What? This is going to be a nice one, this 1858… every grocer around the corner will be able to sell my mutton!…,” plate 481 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Monsieur, I quit your service, I am going home... I don't want to be here when the world ends,” plate 4 from La Cométe De 1857

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Comment,...c'est-t'y Dieu possible!..., from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, December 14, 1857

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Gertrude, we need to have our cow analyzed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, February 1, 1866

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

“- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Oh, Madame Chaboulard, I wonder what will happen in the twelve months to come... the New Year starts on a Friday! … - I don't care, I am not superstitious… I only believe in the number 13 and in spiders!,” plate 477 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that Bézuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insists that her good-for-nothing daughter who is fat around the hips has become..... I only replied: Ah, well! - And that's the person who… - Of course, even a blind man can see that!,” plate 30 from Types Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- 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

The Actor: “- It's obvious that it is hot out there... only three spectators in the audience... should we really start?” The Director: “- And one of them is the refreshments vendor ... quickly raise the curtain before he has a chance to leave,” plate 1 from Paris L'été

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

“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier