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

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

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

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

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

Leftovers, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

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

As the 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

Only everywhere are water faucets, watering cans of any shape, shovels and pots of any size, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

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

He was only waiting to make fun of the pursuer and the pursuit, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

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

We drew and barricaded ourselves in my kitchen; it truly a state of seige, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

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

One would be able to blame you for three years if you dropped their hat, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

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

The grieving widow gives them both the right to do well.... And they both retain an eternal grudge with each other, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

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