Realism

Daumier caricature of a contorted man leaning over a billiard table while another man in a top hat watches.

Daumier lithograph of two men talking in a bare winter landscape, one leaning on a rake beside a leafless tree.

Lithograph of an anxious elderly man beside a woman wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, with theatre audience in background.

Daumier lithograph of caricatured men fleeing and falling around a ballot urn topped by a three-faced head, 1850.

Lithograph of a sleeping man dreaming of devils with pitchforks attacking a cloud, a haloed figure in a doorway above.

Caricature of a man carrying a bag labeled Loi sur la presse, turning from a seated woman reading La Presse.

Lithograph of two top-hatted men on a street, one gesturing, with a woman in a dust cloud at right.

Daumier lithograph of a Paris boulevard with many for-rent signs, two distressed men in period dress on new paving.

Daumier lithograph of a columned building with oversized statues flanking a staircase and a crowd of men in top hats.

Daumier lithograph of men gathered at a table reading a newspaper, with a caption about journalists and uniforms.

Daumier lithograph of a woman in a headscarf standing in a doorway, arms folded, while a neighbor leans over a balcony opposi

Daumier lithograph of two bald men arguing in a camp, one gesturing wildly, the other standing with folded arms beside tents.

Satirical lithograph of five caricatured men in period dress seated around a draped council table in an interior.

Lithograph of an older seated man listening to a younger man leaning toward him in a leafy outdoor setting, with French capti

Daumier lithograph of a smiling man in a tall hat with a book knocking at a door marked Académie Française.

Daumier lithograph of bearded capuchin monks at a Paris barrier, one bowing to a man in a pointed hat with a newspaper coat.