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Daumier caricature: waiter serves roast fowl to laughing diners above, and two women with cups at a barrel counter below.

Ce qu'on est convenue d'appeler un rafraichissement

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Daumier lithograph of two caricatured Russian generals in tall hats with an incense censer and church steeple behind them.

En valachie

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of a crowned, robed man perched on a steep slope, with a small pig below at right.

S'étant placé sur une pente dangereuse

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature of an infantry soldier and a cavalry figure with a bird-topped helmet in front of tents.

Costumes russes

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph: men with raised whips beat bent figures on a plain, satirizing the Russian empire, 1854.

Tableau ... de l'empire de russie

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature of a man blowing on paper boats in a basin, with a Black Sea map behind him, 1854.

Se passant la fantaisie de faire naufrager ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Caricature lithograph of a Russian officer with a raised whip facing a row of stiff, grimacing soldiers.

Un inspecteur général russe

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of a man in a tall hat releasing two owls from a birdcage, with newspaper text behind.

Deux Grands-Ducs Lachés ... sur Sébastopol

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of three seated men with hands on a table, caricatured expressions, French caption below.

Continuant ... Le divertissement des tables tournantes ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Lithograph of a café scene with a man reclining, legs extended, a top hat beside him, and a waiter behind a counter.

Vue prise sur n'importe quel boulevard

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of two bourgeois men on a hillside, one seated with a cane and one standing in a top hat, with a caption b

C'est bizarre ... été

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of two hunters and two dogs walking through heavy rain across an open field.

La pluie tombe déja comme ça depuis ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph: two men gesture beside a laurel-crowned bust on a pedestal, surrounded by broken canes and debris.

A Flourens, la jeunesse reconnaissante!

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of two bearded men by a Naples cityscape with a volcano, one holding a staff; two figures carry a donkey.

A Naples: Délégués de la commission ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of a Punch figure with a club standing over two sprawled figures at a theatre balcony railing, by Honoré Daumier.

Le nouveau polichinelle napolitan

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of a distressed woman as a dog leaps from a cabinet and a cat runs across the floor of a cluttered room.

De l'inconvénient d'aimer a la fois ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of a sleeping man tormented by animated vases and porcelain pieces with legs swarming over his bed.

Un affreux cauchemar

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of crowded visitors gasping among large ceramic vases at the Exposition Universelle, caption reading Stupé

Premières impressions...Stupefaction ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of a woman reading a newspaper aloud to a row of seated men in a parlour, 1843.

Lecteur du moniteur

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Daumier lithogaph of a theatre director gesturing at a thermometer in a room, with a crowded audience visible through a doorw

Un directeur de n'importe quel theatre

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Daumier lithograph of men in top hats and towels queuing beside a crowded public bath filled with bathers.

Une visite aux bains

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph: a man and boy on a bathhouse platform look at a hairy swimmer in the water below.

Tiens papa! ... un singe! ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a frightened Parisian hunter crouched with a rifle between two lions on rocky ground.

Parisien commencant a regretter ... la chasse au lion ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a cold hunter in snow watching a hare run, while a distant figure waves his arms.

Si le chasseur a froiD ... le lièvre n'a pas froid ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a seated couple in a theatre box watching a singer in a gown on stage, with audience in the galleries b

De l'utilité d'une famille pour une cantatrice

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of three old women in shawls, one holding a lit candle, gossiping about the comet of 1857.

On dit qu'on commence déja a la voir ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted visitors at a sculpture show, ignoring statues while ducks swim in the foreground.

Décidément, ce qui, cette année, obtient ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of three painters working feverishly on a large canvas in a studio before a painting salon opens.

La dernière semaine avant l'ouverture du salon ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of huge white laundry bundles carried through a city street while two onlookers watch from a balcony.

Le nouvel étendard des blanchisseuses

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Lithograph of a seated painter at an easel in a snowy landscape while a hiker with a walking stick looks on.

Mon vieux, ta peinture manque de chaleur ...

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of two top-hatted men and a frightened woman in a railway carriage, captioned about fearing derailment.

Il me semble que nous allons dèrailler ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Lithograph of a butcher holding a hanging veal carcass as a startled woman looks up at him in a meat shop.

Les bourgeois ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph: a stern butcher with folded arms looks at a small child in a hat, with hanging meat behind them.

J'en aurais fait un boucher ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of three men on a city street, one in a top hat led on a cord, with onlookers at a window above.

Aspect de la rue Lacépède ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a prompter leaning toward a costumed actor on a stage lit by candelabra, with an audience behind.

Voyons Mr. le Baron ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph: a servant peers through a door at an old man, while two costumed actors perform on a curtained stage beyo

Dites-donc Baptiste ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Lithograph of a woman in a veil speaking to a stern man with folded arms in a theatre setting, with French caption below.

Le terrible régisseur

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of an elderly mother clasping her hands as bouquets fly from a theater balcony toward a debutante.

Le mère de la débutante

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of two lawyers in robes and top hats in conversation, one gesturing, with French caption below.

Eh bien, mon cher, vous avez perdu ...

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Lithograph of two men in a railway carriage, both holding pistols, one in a top hat and one in a bowler hat, by Daumier.

Seul moyen de faire avec sécurité

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man beside a tub with two caricatured bathers, potted plants nearby, 1864.

Soyez donc pas dégouté comme ca ...

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of two men talking in a tavern, one holding a glass and the other gesturing with a bottle.

Dire qu'il y a des gens qui boivent de l'absinthe ...

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier caricature: a man leans on a shovel, distressed by heat, while a cheerful gardener in a straw hat stands nearby.

C'est bien agréable de jardiner

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Caricature lithograph of a bearded man with cane watching a man bent over a billiard table with a cue.

Une journée de pluie

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier caricature of a man with an accordion facing a tall man beside a piano, with seated listeners behind them.

L'accordéon, dit soufflet à musique

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Engraving of men in top hats watching a player lean over a billiard table in a room with framed prints on the walls.

Plus qu'un point! ... Pas de chance!!

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph of two men in a winter countryside beside a hedge and stone wall, captioned Voisin, êtes-vous comme moi?

Voisin, êtes-vous comme moi? ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph of two men with walking sticks talking among bare trees on a hillside, one carrying a pole.

On nous avait dit de venir dans ce pays ...

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of a man in a nightcap beside a bed, with a woman sitting up gesturing under dark curtains, candle on a ta

Un réveil en sursaut

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph of two women in dark dresses before nude paintings in a crowded salon gallery, with men in top hats behind

Cette année encore des vénus ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier caricature of a shabby man with a cane and a woman beside him, watching a crowd queue at a cheese and poultry exhibit

Dis donc, mon homme, s'ils savaient ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Caricature of a courtroom: a defendant leans toward a seated lawyer writing, with spectators behind them.

Le prèvenu

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier lithograph of theatre audience in top hats gesturing at a rising curtain marked Théâtre de la Guerre, 1866.

La toile!!!

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier caricature of a uniformed officer with a crown holding a top hat, with smoke and Crimea lettering above.

Dire que peut-être j'en serai réduit ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Watercolor of a whitewashed fortress with red roofs on a rocky coast below wooded cliffs and a calm sea.

Fort St. lago, Madeira

William Brenton Boggs, c. 1850

Pencil sketch of leaning trees and foliage beside a rocky stream, with a faint ruin on the right, dated 1839.

Gestin

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1839

Lithograph of a hungry man shouting from a window at a waiter with a plate, while passersby in top hats walk past.

Ventre affamé n'a pas d'orleilles

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Charcoal sketch of a young woman with bowed head, seated at a table, hands folded, on toned paper.

Young Woman, Florence [recto]

Seth Wells Cheney, 1839

Graphite portrait drawing of a woman with curly hair and an off-shoulder dress, on tan paper.

Mrs. Sylvanus D. Lewis (Estelle Anna Blanche Robinson)

after Charles Loring Elliott Seth Wells Cheney, 1848-1856

Pencil and chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders in a high collar, turned toward the viewer on tan paper.

Head of a Man

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Head of a Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Pencil portrait of a young woman with hair in a low bun, head turned right, on tan paper.

Head of a Young Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Pencil sketch of two boys near a boat and leaning tree, with shrubs and a distant landscape behind them.

Boys with a Boat

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1830-1835

Daumier lithograph of a stout man in a top hat carrying cabbages up stairs, with a woman and a face in a doorway.

Bien venu qui apporte

Honoré Daumier, 1840