Ex Cathedra ("ex catedra")

What if I don't get re-elected!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 3, 1869

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

An Essay on the Sublime & Beautiful

Thomas Rowlandson

Christ among the Doctors

Nicolaes Maes, School of Rembrandt van Rijn

“You remember now that young Cabassol is far too good in translation that I would allow anyone in this class to molest him... he is under my immediate protection! At the final exams it is he who will hold up the honour of Bilboquet High school,” plate 32 from Professeurs Et Moutards

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Force of Habit

Charles Samuel Keene

Fauteuils d'orchestre, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois

Louis Auguste Lepère

The Newsmongers

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

The Maiden Speech

Thomas Rowlandson, Thomas Cornell

Interiør fra akademiet med oplæser og tilhørere

Martinus Rørbye

The results of bad dramatic timing, from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Charivari, 1864

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Baliverneries Parisiennes

Paul Gavarni

Jules de L (also known as Lasteyrie the Argand lamp). Former member of the opposition, now ennemy of the light... blinded by the sudden appearance of the sun of the Republic, Jules de Lasteyrie now wears the eye-shade of the Constitutionnel, plate 33 from Les Représentans Représentés

Honoré-Victorin Daumier