Comment..., flots impudents!... vous ne savez donc pas qui vous portez en ce moment,...., from Émotions Nautiques, published in Le Charivari, October 26, 1859

Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly.” Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions nautiques

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Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions Nautiques

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An Unpleasant Encounter. “Bernardel, Bernardel! Here comes the steamer... we will sink!,” plate 16 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Meanwhile they keep on insisting that she has never been better!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 24, 1872

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Meanwhile They Keep on Insisting that She Has Never Been Better, plate 183 from Actualités

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“- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer

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Qu-est-ce qui disent donc les autres..., from En Chine, published in Le Charivari, December 20, 1858

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Aaron Martinet

Man Overboard! “- Harpoon him more firmly!.... we can't get him otherwise! And you, hold his legs up in the air, that's very important.... There is nothing in the world that makes you catch a cold faster than by getting your feet wet,” plate 14 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Scylla and Charybds, plate 44 from Actualités

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Fishing with a sweep-net can be dangerous, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 13, 1872

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Boat in a Storm at Sea

Thomas Rowlandson, After John Hamilton Mortimer

The Reappearance of the Tritons of the Sea, plate 412 from Actualités

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