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25,734 works

Daumier lithograph of two men at a tavern counter, one in a wide-brimmed hat holding a glass while the other drinks, 1843.

Le Charbonnier aime être (est maitre)...

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithograph of a bent man on a scale watched by a startled woman, a vendor, a boy and top-hatted men under trees.

Eh!... Eh!... mais il parait que...

Honoré Daumier, 1843

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

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithograph of a uniformed official writing at a desk as men in period dress wait before him, with caption text below.

Un Homme sauvé malgré lui

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Lithograph of men in top hats crowding around a bespectacled figure holding a ballot, by Honoré Daumier, 1843.

L'Élection

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithograph of a man shaking hands with a voter in a room while a woman in a striped dress looks on.

La Visite électorale

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithograph of a nurse dancing with a crying infant in a kitchen, with a frying pan and broom on the wall.

L'Héritier présomptif

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithograph of a café-concert singer holding sheet music while singing, with two listeners beneath chandeliers.

Premier sujet d'un café-concert chantant...

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Lithograph of a worried man in a top hat checking his pulse, with French caption below, from Daumier's Monomanes series.

Le Malade imaginaire

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Caricature lithograph of a bespectacled Parisian hunter in a plaid cap reading a booklet, with birds in bare branches behind

Le Chasseur Parisien

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Caricature lithograph of a singing amateur guitarist with a curled wig and bow tie, playing guitar, with caption text below.

Le Guitariste-Amateur

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Daumier caricature of a smiling man in a patterned robe gazing at a songbird in a wire cage held in his hand.

Le Bétophile

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Daumier lithograph of an agitated man in spectacles leaning toward an easel, with French caption below.

Le Distrait

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Lithograph of a seated woman gazing up at a ghostly bearded face beside a loom and basket of thread in a dim room.

Les Nuits de Pénélope

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Daumier lithograph caricature of a curly-haired man in ornate costume holding a rifle, with French caption below.

Henri de Larochejacquelein

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier lithograph: an elderly couple on a garden bench gazes at a classical marble statue on a pedestal.

On a beau dire, l'antique est toujours beau...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of a thin man in a nightshirt lifting its hem beside a carved bedpost in a dim bedroom.

Le coton tombe, l'homme reste...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Caricature lithograph of a man in a patterned robe holding a mirror and brush beside a chair, by Honoré Daumier.

Ma foi! c'est comme on dit...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

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...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Lithograph of two men in top hats in conversation, one gesturing and one frowning while holding a cane, with French caption b

Oui, Monsieur, votre air respectable m'enhardit...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Lithograph of an elderly man at a window with a potted plant, gazing toward a distant woman in a rural landscape.

Regrets

Honoré Daumier, 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

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Lithograph of a sleeping man in bed haunted by a skeletal figure with a scythe pointing at a field of corpses.

Un cauchemar de M. Bismarck

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph of allegorical Guerre and Paix playing badminton with a head labeled Europe between them.

La Partie de volant

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph caricature: a woman labeled Autriche with a fan and a cloaked figure labeled Italie on stone steps.

La Nouvelle Cendrillon

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier lithograph of a hand raising a Liberty cap against radiating rays, with a dark globe below, captioned L'éclipse sera-

L'éclipse sera-t-elle totale?

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a figure with arms raised before an electoral urn, surrounded by kneeling worshippers under radiating l

Adoremus!

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph of owls recoiling from a lantern labeled Liberté électorale, captioned Gare la lumière!

Gare la lumière!

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph: a bearded man recoils as a draped woman labeled LIBERTÉ raises her hand toward him.

Pardon mon cher...

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Caricature lithograph of a gluttonous woman with feathered hair eating at a table, with bottled figures in the background.

Madame Gargantua

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Lithograph of a spiked-helmet soldier swinging a dog labeled Baden over a fallen figure marked Sadowa and Hanover, under moon

A l'instar de Pantin

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph: a cloaked death figure with scythe holds its head while two men gesture behind it, with the word Venise o

Ou Venise commence a espérer

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Lithograph of a ruined building with smoke overhead and debris in front, captioned L'Empire c'est la paix.

L'empire c'est la paix

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph of a bloated figure labeled European budgets balancing on a tightrope, with money-marked clothing.

Doucement!

Honoré Daumier, 1868

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family seated and standing beneath a large tree with feathery leaves.

The Holy Family under a Tree

Simone Cantarini

Daumier lithograph of a robed figure on a pedestal marked Voltaire, gesturing toward a guillotine and flames below.

Le défenseur de Calas consolé...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a tree carved with SUFFRAGE UNIVERSEL, a jester beside it and an axe on the ground.

La hache qui le coupera n'est pas encore trempée

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired man in a lace collar beside a sketch of a seated figure on tinted paper.

A Portrait of a Queen and a Study of a Woman Seated on a Cloud; verso, Sleeping Figure

Simone Cantarini

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured man striding with a flag before a crowd and ruined buildings, 1871.

Regardez, mais n'y touchez pas!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a muscular man with a broom amid heaps of waste labeled with French words, titled Les écuries d'Augias.

Les écuries d'Augias

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Stout man in a cloak beside a huge bundle of laundry, looking up wearily; Daumier lithograph, 1872.

Je ne pourrai jamais laver tout ça

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Daumier lithograph of a robed woman labeled PARIS gesturing over a field of crosses while holding a man in a dark coat.

Voyons, monsieur Réac...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of three soldiers in caps with rifles looking toward a distant field, captioned in French about Paris and

A Paris nous ne pouvions... aller a Versailles...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a crowned seated king holding a scepter and clock, surrounded by ornate mantel clocks on a dais.

Successeur de Charlemagne

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Red chalk drawing of a draped figure with studies of a leg, an arm and rolled cloth folds.

Studies of Legs and Drapery [recto]

Abraham Bloemaert

Daumier lithograph of a stout man beside railway tracks as a steam train labeled Poste de Paris approaches the Versailles sta

Versailles!... Trois semaines d'arrêt!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Caricature lithograph of a whip-wielding driver and a seated woman on a cart, labeled Versailles and Paris, from 1871.

Le char de l'état en 1871

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Circular brown ink drawing of a reclining muscular male figure pointing toward a rocky landscape with small figures.

Acis and Galatea

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590

Daumier lithograph: allegorical France stands on a ball labeled Emprunt while men and a spiked-helmet soldier look up below.

Déjà relevée!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a draped Republic statue on a pedestal surrounded by men in top hats, printed on a newspaper page.

La république de Milo...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured tragic actor standing over a fallen figure on stage, watched by a seated audience.

Théâtre de Bordeaux - on joue la tragédie

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a wigged figure on a rearing horse, arms raised, before an arch marked Assemblée Nationale.

Ce pauvre Louis XIV n'en croyant pas ses yeux

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier caricature of a bald man with glasses straddling two rocks above a small ship on the sea, printed on a newspaper page

Le Président de Rhodes

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph: crowned figure labeled France faces a worn chair marked Monarchie, with a caricatured Droite figure leani

Je vous assure que vous serez très bien assise

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of two caricatured men facing each other, one in a jester cap with a cane, the other in a robe marked Réac

Chère dame, avant de nous donner...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph caricature of a heavyset man pumping coins from a spout into a boot on a globe labeled France and Europe.

Après la pompe a sang, la pompe à or

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a PLEBISCITE ballot box with three slots and two sleeping cloaked figures lying before it.

Avis aux amateurs

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted men and a woman buffeted by a strong wind across a muddy open field, 1871.

Ce qui ramènera... nos députés à Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Etched cartouche with two putti flanking a blank oval panel, scrolling acanthus and a lion mask above.

Cartouche

François Collignon, 1646

Daumier lithograph of a statue labeled REPUBLIQUE on a pedestal, held upright by ropes pulled from both sides, 1871.

Tirez, ça fait équilibre

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a woman in a headscarf and a bearded man in a plumed hat, with a French caption, 1871.

Prenez garde, madame la Majorité!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier caricature of three men by a fireplace, one kneeling with a shoe in hand, another wearing a Gazette de France sash.

Bien vexés de ne pas trouver... la couronne...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a spiked Prussian helmet inscribed SEDAN resting on a plate beside gloved hands, by Honoré Daumier, 1872.

Notre dernier gateau des rois

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Lithograph of a man in a spiked helmet cooking eggs in a pan while another man smokes beside a basket of broken eggs.

Voila bien des oeufs de cassés...

Honoré Daumier, 1866