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Honoré Daumier

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Daumier lithograph of women and children in a wooden public bath, one woman lifting an infant, with French caption below.

Bains de Femmes

1841

Lithograph of a rowboat with figures in bonnets struggling in the water beside it, with a river landscape behind.

En pleine eau

1847

Lithograph of three women in dark bathing dress in a vaulted bathhouse, one drinking at a table, by Daumier, 1847.

Entre deux plongeons

1847

Daumier lithograph of cautious bathers in shallow water, one woman holding a lifebuoy and a man floating nearby.

Les Baigneuses prudentes

1847

Lithograph of three passengers inside an omnibus: a drunk man, a dozing woman in a bonnet, and a sleeping man in a top hat.

Intérieur d'un omnibus

1839

Lithograph of two men playing dominoes at a tavern table while onlookers watch, with exaggerated caricatured faces.

Domino!!

1839

Lithograph of two men in conversation, one leaning in, with a woman reading a newspaper titled La Caricature Provisoire besid

Pas fameux? N'est-ce pas!!...

1839

Lithograph of two caricatured women in shawls and headscarves talking in a street, with baskets and buildings behind them.

B'en parlez pas j'suis enrubé du cerbeaux...

1839

Daumier lithograph of two stout men by a tree, one blowing a horn, one kneeling with flowers, and a tall figure with a cane a

Le Retour de l'age d'or

1856

Daumier caricature: an old man in period dress holds a laurel wreath before seated women in an ornate hall.

Academy of Women. A new Richelieu, founding a new Academy of a different kind.... of the feminine gender, plate 33 fr…

1843

Black and white lithograph of a lawyer in a dark coat leaning toward a seated man in a tall hat at a cluttered desk.

“- Sue him.....sue him..... That would be a good trick to play on your neighbour... it would eat up all his savings,…

1846

Daumier lithograph of three men admiring a seated woman holding a patterned vase at a table, 1855.

Un Faux vase du Japon faisant...

1855

Daumier lithograph of a crowded courtroom with robed lawyers gathered around a fainting colleague before the judge's bench.

The lawyer becomes sick, a last resort when his case is beginning to also look sick, plate 30 from Les Gens De Justice

1847

Satirical lithograph of a robed lawyer chatting with a cap-wearing man taking snuff in a courtroom.

“- Should be a great performance today, Mr.Galuchet... - I should think so... A murder case with a rape thrown in...,…

1847

Lithograph of top-hatted passengers clinging to a train roof as it nears a dark tunnel, by Honoré Daumier, 1843.

L'Entrée du Grand tunnel d'un chemin de fer

1843

Daumier lithograph of two figures in Chinese robes, one offering a jar labeled Chinois to the other, 1859.

Strange.. this is what the French call "Chinois,” plate 21 from En Chine

1859

Lithograph of a man rowing a boat on rough seas while a frightened woman sits in the stern, with a distant sailing ship.

Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I…

1859

Caricature lithograph of a thin man reading the palm of a turbaned robed figure, with French caption below.

The Emperor of Morocco in Consultation With the Famous Magician Desbarolles. “- This small line here indicates to me…

1859

Lithograph of a robed figure swinging an umbrella against an armored knight with a shield and sword in a comic duel.

A Unusual Battle Between El Cid and the Emperor of Morocco, plate 117 from Actualités

1859

Sepia lithograph of a man floating on his back in shallow water among frogs and lilies, with hills and a tree behind him.

Philosophical Contemplations of a Lover of Silent Pleasures. To float on the back for an hour in a quiet tributary of…

1864

Daumier lithograph of a man peering through a keyhole while another watches over his shoulder in a bedroom interior.

Oh!... absolument comme si on y était; la grande...

1840

Daumier lithograph of a stern father with umbrella and a small boy in a top hat walking down a rainy city street.

Douze ans et demi et trois premiers prix

1839

Lithograph of a clown in checkered costume pulling down a theater curtain while audience members watch from tiered seats.

Baissez le Rideau, La Farce est Jouée (Bring Down the Curtain; the Farce is Over), published in La Caricature no. 201…

September 11, 1834

Daumier 1866 lithograph: caricature of figures around a bed, a stork overhead, and a banner reading La Presse, une idée par j

Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (A Quarter of an Hour after His Death, He Was Still Alive)

1866

Lithograph of an elderly cloaked woman watching a dancer in a flared skirt in a theatre's wings, with spectators behind.

“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Span…

1857

Daumier lithograph of provincial men seated on an open-air exhibition coach labeled EXPOSITION, with a crowd watching below.

Open air exhibition of provincials coming to Paris to see the palace of industry, plate 31 from L'Exposition Universelle

1855

Black and white lithograph of a spiked-suited hunter beside a man inside a wire cage with a rifle, satirising lion hunting.

A New Outfit for the Lion's Hunt, plate 395 from Actualités

1857

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man, a bather in striped drawers, and a bonnetted woman on a riverbank.

“Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Ba…

1840

Lithograph of an older man reading a blank newspaper while a woman in a white bonnet watches him at a round table.

The Subscriber and His Newspaper. “- Listen darling, the first three columns of my morning paper are completely empty…

1842

Lithograph of a railway bath car interior with men leaning over a wooden tub and an attendant holding a broom and dustpan.

The Bath Tub Cars. “- Say, Jerome....did you see these travellers yesterday who complained about our cars under the p…

1843

Caricature lithograph of two stern men in a schoolroom with a gesturing boy at left and rows of pupils at right.

“- As you can see, Monsieur, I have enforced in my school perfectly good discipline. You cannot imagine to what exten…

1846

Lithograph of a stern schoolmaster pointing at seated students in a classroom, with books and an inkwell on the desk.

“You remember now that young Cabassol is far too good in translation that I would allow anyone in this class to moles…

1846

Daumier lithograph: a singing woman in a long dress ignores a child tangled under an overturned chair beside a table.

- Taken by her operetta part, Madame de St. Chalumeau is shouting so loud that she does not notice the bellowing of h…

1858

Lithograph of a seated man passing money to a bowing voter beside a coin barrel, with a crowd of top-hatted men behind.

A Fair Reward to Dutiful Voters, plate 404

1834

Daumier caricature lithograph of a uniformed official, a seated man with glasses, and a woman carrying flowers and money bags

"From your obedient subjects receive on your day of honor these two modest bunches of flowers. They will make you rej…

1835

Lithograph of two top-hatted men, one leaning close to the other who looks startled, with a French caption below.

“I can see Monsieur that you are not from Paris. Let me warn you: there are people who look perfectly harmless just l…

1840

Lithograph of a top-hatted man leaning over a fence speaking to a crouching bearded man on the ground.

“- Just look at that! the train that's about to pass is lucky to have a narrow escape.... the whole affair would have…

1843

Lithograph of an older teacher pinning a medal on a boy while classmates watch, from Daumier's 1846 series.

“- Mr. Alfred Cabassol! You are the only one in the class who succeeded to get through the entire week without blowin…

1846

Daumier lithograph: a woman stirring an election barrel while three caricatured men in top hats watch, a FRANCE placard besid

Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth. “- This really tastes like bad cooking,” plate 142 from Actualités

1850

Daumier lithograph of a standing man with folded arms as a toga-clad Julius Caesar kneels to polish his boot before an audien

Mr. Hume fantasizing about Julius Caesar polishing his boots, plate 388 from Actualités

1857

Daumier lithograph of three men frantically painting a large canvas in a studio before an exhibition opening.

The Week Before The Opening Of The Art Exhibition. Chorus: “- courage, let's finish the work! That's what friends are…

1857

Daumier lithograph: a man in top hat and a child pointing at a large airship over a town, 1858.

“- I want to go on this ship with you at once, Papa, my nanny said that the deluge will come again, and the only ones…

1858

Lithograph of three men in a street scene, one in a top hat, with onlookers at a window, from Daumier's Actualités series.

View of rue Lacépède during the hunt for a serpent, plate 500 from Actualités

1858

Caricature lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman seated in sea water, with bathers in the distance.

“- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you s…

c. 1858

Lithograph of three figures peering from draped tents on a shore, with sailboats in a harbor behind them.

At Cherbourg, plate 546 from Actualités

1858

Daumier lithograph of two men at a dining table with wine bottles, one seated and downcast, the other leaning toward him, 185

They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the…

1858

Daumier lithograph of a barefoot peasant on a wine barrel lifting his leg as a woman in a wide hat looks on.

“- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,”…

1858

Lithograph of two hunters seated by a fire in a cottage with a sleeping dog and hanging game, by Daumier, 1859.

“- Now what? Are we going to continue hunting during the rain? - Not at all! The animals are just as afraid of the ra…

1859

Daumier caricature of a cloaked man with a large umbrella walking between marching soldiers under Espagne and France banners.

An Umbrella in a Difficult Position, plate 119 from Actualités

November 25, 1859

Lithograph of a man dangling a pendant over a seated woman's head, her eyes rolling upward in a satirical scene.

The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getti…

1859

Daumier lithograph of a hypnotist with a pendant bending before a startled seated woman with raised arms, watched by onlooker

More marvels from the diamond hypnotist. Or, how to make the ladies pose in society in exhausting and not very gracio…

1860

Lithograph of a crowd on a city street watching a carnival float with winged figures and a skeleton holding a scythe.

Promenade du Boeuf gras

1839

Caricature lithograph of a stern schoolmaster towering over a boy in a dunce cap, with students watching in a classroom.

“Just you wait, I'm going to show you who is the teacher here...,” plate 11 from Professeurs Et Moutards

1846

Daumier lithograph: a boy raises his hand in a classroom while an elderly teacher with spectacles sits bowed at a desk.

“Sir . . . Sir . . . Siiir . . . Christ, it’s annoying to have the runs when the supervisor is supervising!,” plate 1…

1846

Daumier lithograph of a standing teacher with spectacles showing a book to a scowling schoolboy in a classroom, 1846.

“- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary,…

1846

Satirical lithograph of men and boys crowding and climbing on shoulders, with a top-hatted man reading a newspaper at left.

Which proves again that already since high school man supports himself on the shoulders of his kin in order to advanc…

1846

Lithograph of a woman embracing a man in a crowded hall before a judge at a bench, with caption text below.

Oh! merci, de ce que tu as fait pour ton père...

1856

Caricature of a man in a rowboat towing a large bird by rope across water, with a faint city skyline behind.

Paquebot-Napoléonien

1848

Daumier lithograph of a crowded Paris street with a man in a top hat peering at a startled woman among onlookers.

Paris à six heures du soir

1854

Caricature of a photographer posing a seated couple held by metal head clamps before a large box camera.

Photographie

1856

Physionomies Tragico-Classiques (series of prints)

1841

Daumier lithograph of personified planets on clouds, one playing a wind instrument, another with a telescope, awaiting a come

Les planètes étant elles-memes dans l'attente de la fameuse comete (La Comète de 1857, Blatt 9)

1857

Daumier lithograph of a man in a pointed nightcap sitting up in bed, gazing toward a starry window beside a sleeping figure.

Croyant l'apercevoir (La Comète de 1857, Blatt 10)

1857

Essai d'eau-forte

1872

Lithograph of a bespectacled schoolmaster handing coins to a boy at a counter while onlookers gather behind him.

Mr. Jean-Joseph-Chaboulard... first prize for good health!, plate 28 from Professeurs et Moutards

1846

Daumier lithograph with two caricature scenes: a tailor fitting a client's coat, and a barber cutting a seated man's hair.

Le Charivari, Les supplices de la civilisation, 3 février 1853, No. 483 : Chez le Tailleur (...)

1853

Daumier lithograph of a man in a top hat pointing at a wall map while a child in a bonnet looks up at it.

Geogaphic Scarves. "Look Dodolphe, this is really the last sacrifice I'll do for your education... if you still don't…

1842

Lithograph of a painter at an easel portraying a woman holding a small dog, watched by a man with glasses in a studio.

"- Since he is now part of the family, he must also have his portrait taken", plate 269 from Actualités

1856

Lithograph of a crowd in top hats pushing a carriage carrying a smug, reclining man, with a satirical caption below.

Groep mensen duwt het rijtuig van Robert-Macaire voort

1838

Daumier lithograph of a nervous man with inflated bladders in water while children swim beside a wooden bathhouse, 1842.

Man met zwembanden is bang om het water in te gaan

1842

Daumier lithograph: a crowd of caricatured men crawl toward a throne chair, tied by cords, grabbing coins and documents.

Very humble, very obedient, very submissive, and most of all, very voracious subjects, plate 136

1832

Lithograph plate of nine rows of exaggerated caricature heads and masks, with a pear among them, from La Caricature.

Masks of 1831, plate 143 from La Caricature

1832

Lithograph of a rider on a white horse passing fallen figures on a stony plain under a flock of birds.

Travel across the attentive population, plate 413

1834

Lithograph of a sleeping man in a top hat slumped over an armchair, with cannons, a rooster, and a woman nearby.

The Repose of France, plate 417

1834

Daumier lithograph of a large draped figure with an oversized head carried on a platform above a crowd of men in top hats.

The Loose Head, plate 427

1834

Daumier lithograph of caricatured men hanging from straps in a crowded carriage, with scattered papers and money bags.

The Honours of the Pantheon, plate 433

1834

Lithograph of a cloaked man scattering banknotes to lure turkeys from a henhouse marked political poultry yard.

Come Here Little Chick, Chick..... Chick... Chick, Come Little Turkeys, plate 442

1834

Lithograph caricature of a seated woman in an elaborate dress and bird-topped hat counting coins beside a money bag.

Marie Louise Charlotte Philippine Pairie, prostitute, licensed by the police

1835

Lithograph of a man in a nightshirt lying dead on a bedroom floor beside a rumpled bed, with other bodies partly visible.

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle

October 2, 1834

Lithograph of a family interior: a woman at a washtub, an old man, a grandmother, and children near a hearth with hanging lau

The Good Grandmother, plate 55

1835

Lithograph of a family in a parlor, a man reading a newspaper aloud while relatives, a child and a dog listen nearby.

Reading the newspaper in the family circle

c. 1835

Lithograph of two men with hands in pockets watching a tall water column rise beside scaffolding, with a crowd behind them.

The Grenelle Wells. The director Mr. Mulot and his son finally reaching the end of their work, crossing their arms an…

1842

Lithograph of workers pouring wine from barrels as top-hatted men look on, with boats and a city wall in the background.

Catholic society of baptism established for all the drunkards of Paris. (Article 1) From Rouen to Bercy the Seine wil…

1843

Lithograph of subscribers wrestling with large newspapers in a parlor, one man kneeling on the floor, a woman seated reading.

Subscribers Tyring to Cope with Their Paper, plate 115 from Actualités

1845

Black and white lithograph of a schoolmaster with raised hands directing boys in nightcaps to lie down in a dormitory.

The Dormitory of a Distinguished Boarding School, plate 14 from Professeurs et Moutards (Professors and Rascals)

1846

Lithograph of an elderly bookseller showing a book to two top-hatted schoolboys in front of Paris buildings and stacked books

Clean Young High School Students, They Even Try Selling Off their Latin Dictionary, plate 24 from Professeurs et Mout…

1846

Caricature lithograph of a tall schoolmaster gesturing to a seated pupil, with a smaller boy holding a bundle of prizes besid

“- Please no exaggerations in this article which goes to all the newspapers. Write only that our pupil Greluchot has…

1846

Daumier lithograph of a family interior: a man clutching his stomach, a woman beside him, a child, and scattered sweet wrappe

The Interior of a Family on January 2 - or the Danger of Consuming Immoderately Non-Hygienic Sweets, plate 62 from Ac…

1853

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured figure in a feathered hat smoking beside a bear and a top-hatted man, with city buildings

The Descent of the Courtille in 1855, plate 165 from Actualités

1855

Lithograph of Parisians in top hats and bonnets waiting in a crowded queue, one woman yawning at right.

Parisians looking forward to some fun. Queuing up for two hours in front of any theater in town, plate 1 from Les Bon…

1855

Lithograph of a seated man and woman in a garden with an urn, captioned with a satirical remark about country life.

Holiday in the Country. “- Life in the country really isn't all that entertaining, as they all say. - And to think th…

1858

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and plaid wrap facing a woman in a ruffled tiered dress and bonnet on a city street.

The New Fashion. Which is the man, which is the woman?... make your guess if you can and choose if you dare, plate 27…

1856

Daumier lithograph: a top-hatted man with umbrella looks up at a nightcapped figure leaning from a wooden chalet window.

The New Blockhouses. “- No more rent to pay, Monsieur Vautour... and we are no longer afraid of the janitor..... in o…

1856

Daumier lithograph of a gentleman and lady in crinoline watching a rider thrown from a horse near a hedge, 1856.

“- I'll never understand, how these exercises are supposed to ameliorate the condition of a horse..... the only thing…

1856

Lithograph of a couple in bed in a dark basement room, with mushrooms growing across the floor and bedside.

One of the Disadvantages of Living in the Basement. “Look, here are some more that grew last night...,” plate 15 from…

1856

Lithograph of a man lounging in a chair holding a branch overhead, with a seated dog, garden fence and potted plants.

Under the shade in the countryside, plate 11 from Croquis D'été

1856