Working in the garden can be fun... but there are days when it is just too damn hot!, from "The joys of country life"

Working in the garden can be fun... but there are days when it is just too damn hot! / One rejoices in pure, unspoiled happiness when harvesting one's own apples... at least as long as one doesn't break one's neck, from "The joys of country life"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Wretched lettuce... I am spending entire days watering it and it is still thirsty, from "The joys of country life"

Honoré Daumier

You seem to enjoy doing my work. In exchange I could offer doing your job: I will go for a ride in your coach!, from "Parisians in the countryside"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

On a beau dire..., from Ces Bons Parisiens, published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Not everything in country life smells like roses... especially when having to take care of the manure, from "The joys of country life"

Honoré Daumier

Winter's departure, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 9, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Ce perdreau est mort sur mon terrain..., from "Émotions de Chasse"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Villégiature, from "Ces Bons Parisiens"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Moi, jè sors de sentiers battus..., from "Les Plaisirs de la Villégiature"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

–Come on, you scoundrel, come on! –Just you wait, you crook! –Oh come on Alfred, after all you've known each other for some twenty years!, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, March 8, 1874

Honoré Daumier

Émotions Champêtres, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Vous voyez....je viens de faire...mon marché..., from Les Hippophages, published in Le Charivari, January 13, 1857

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet