As the new Actaeon, I surprised Diana, not in her bath but with a dealer in the bathroom, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

New Actaeon, I surprised Diana, not in her bath but with a dealer in the bathroom, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

Did anyone ever forgive an awkward visit?, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

Do you see me reduced to driving by the roughest paths their little delicate feet, in the grip of the mockery of the leaders?, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

I was deprived of the happiness to pick it up... I saw a hundred times an agile rival offer it smiling to our common goddess, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier

It is good that he coaxes and flatters her in front of her husband, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier

He rose like those small sea monsters that decorate the fountains, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

Leftovers, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

Mèderic, delighted in the seventh heaven, leans over to check his conquest..., from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

A provincial family was forced to pay a high price for an insignificant show, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

One does not bother an honest man with trifles like this, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

Pointing me to the evidence of my crime with his cane, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

A provincial family was forced to pay a high price for an insignificant show, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier