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Lithograph of a woman playing piano as a man leans close behind her, with a seated figure in the shadowy background.

“- If you only knew how pretty you are!... Pretend you are playing! - stop it.. DO - You don't love me!...SO - I'll'…

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Hand-colored caricature of a man playing piano while a maid in red and white stands beside him, head tilted back, singing.

The disadvantage of having servants who have previously served at Mr. Duprez', plate 65 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Caricature lithograph of a top-hatted man drinking beer at a café while a singer performs before seated women.

At the Champs-Elysées. It has never been quite clear whether the music makes the beer go down, or the beer that makes…

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Hand-colored caricature of a grimacing man in a red chair beside a concert audience, with a woman singing at a wooden stand.

A Victim of His Own Politeness, plate 7 from Croquis Musicaux

Honoré Daumier, 1852

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…

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Hand-colored caricature of a man reading music while a woman plays a harp in a decorated room with cats on the floor.

Harmony Before Matrimony (recto); Clearing the Five Bar Gate (verso)

James Gillray, published October 25, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a domestic interior: a woman at piano, a man reading a newspaper, and a woman with a baby at the d

Matrimonial Harmonics (Recto)

James Gillray, published October 25, 1805

Lithograph of a skeletal Death figure with a scythe approaching a seated man at a desk, with a noose hanging above.

Spotprent over de afschaffing van de doodstraf, 1867

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1867

Satirical 1867 print of three exaggerated men embracing in a room, a child watching from a window behind them.

Spotprent over coalitie tegen het openbaar lager onderwijs, 1867

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1867

Hand-colored print of two rival suitors in uniform courting women in a Regency room, with a small dog and fireplace.

The Rivals

Thomas Rowlandson, published July 14, 1812

Pen drawing of a seated allegorical woman with a staff beside soldiers, cannons and a horseman, a political cartoon from 1867

Spotprent over amendementen tot vermindering van het budget van oorlog, 1867

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1867

Ink caricature of a long-limbed figure in period costume gesturing before a seated audience, with Goethe verse printed below.

Spotprent over het lager onderwijs, 1867

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1867

Daumier lithograph of two seated men under trees, one reading a newspaper, a top hat on a chair beside them.

What the bourgeois calls a slight distraction, from 'The good bourgeois,' published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, August 30, 1846

Satirical 1862 print of men in a parliamentary chamber debating colonial affairs, with a standing speaker and a banner readin

Spotprent op de minister van Koloniale Zaken, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Lithograph of an elderly couple at a tea table, the man reading a newspaper while the woman gestures, with a servant standing

Spotprent met een ouder echtpaar, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Lithograph of a candle labelled Akademie Delft among open doors with names, smoke rising to a crowd of carriages above.

Spotprent op de Deltsche Academie, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Caricature lithograph of three men under one blanket in a bed with canopy marked Rome, one raising a top hat, 1862.

Spotprent op de Romeinse kwestie, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Caricature lithograph of a chained bearded man guarded by soldiers, with a smoking volcano in the background, 1862.

Spotprent op Garibaldi, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Pen sketch of a hunter with a rifle in tall grass, stalking a bird with a human head toward a distant church steeple.

Spotprent op Groen van Prinsterer en Thorbecke, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Political caricature of two uniformed men tied together by a sash labeled Holstein and Sleeswijk, with a bear and bird figure

Spotprent op de Sleeswijk-Holsteinse kwestie, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Lithograph of a seated woman by a stone fireplace with a broom and firewood, with a caricature and caption below.

Spotprent op Thorbecke's weigering de kunsten aan te moedigen door aankoop van schilderijen, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Caricature lithograph of a uniformed rider with raised whip on a galloping horse, with Dutch caption, 1862.

Spotprent op Wilhelm I, koning van Pruisen, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Lithograph caricature of 1862 showing men dining at a table with a woman, a baby, a servant and bundled firewood.

Spotprent op de afschaffing van accijnzen op brandstof en zeep, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Pen drawing of a man resting his hand on a large sheet labelled Holland op zijn smalst, with two men bending over papers.

Spotprent op de hernieuwde interesse in de doorgraving van Holland op zijn smalst, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Political caricature of a uniformed man balancing on a tightrope above a pole labeled Constitutie, with crowned drapery on th

Spotprent op buitenlandse politiek, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Lithograph of a naval inquiry hearing: a costumed witness addresses seated committee members, with a hanging ship model and D

Spotprent op de parlementaire enquêtecommissie naar de toestand van de zeemacht, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

Satirical lithograph of a schoolmaster lecturing caricatured pupils in a classroom with Napoleon sketches on blackboards, 186

Spotprent op keizer Napoleon III, 1862

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1862

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

Honoré Daumier, 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…

Honoré Daumier, 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…

Honoré Daumier, 1840