Misery

Misery

Thomas Rowlandson, S. W. Fores

Perilous Journey

Langlumé

Boat in a Storm at Sea

Thomas Rowlandson, After John Hamilton Mortimer

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

What a stupid idea we had...

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

Bay of Biscay

Thomas Rowlandson, William Rowlandson

An Unpleasant Encounter, plate sixteen from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Revolt On Board. “- Ah! you want to be your own captain!... - Ah! you are treating me like an idiot... hey... I hope the Seine washes away that insult!,” plate 13 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Death Turned Pilot (from The English Dance of Death, vol. II, pl. 9)

Thomas Rowlandson, Rudolph Ackermann, London

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier