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ROBBED! EMPTY-POCKET STREET...
EVE OF THE BATTLE OF THERNOPYLAE. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT, LEONIDAS ADVANCED TO RECONNOITRE THE VANGUARD OF XERXES. FOUR FERVENT WARRIORS ACCOMPANIED HIM ON THIS HEROIC EXPEDITION. (ILLUSTRATED PLUTARCH)
LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR THEIR KING
THIS ONE MAY LOOK AS UNHAPPY AS A ROCK, BEFORE I WOULD GIVE HIM A JOB.
WHERE IS THIS ARMED BAND OF MEN GOING! LET'S RETURN HOME, WIFE, THIS LOOKS SCARY!
WHICH PROVES AGAIN THAT ALREADY SINCE HIGH SCHOOL MAN SUPPORTS HIMSELF ON THE SHOULDERS OF HIS KIN IN ORDER TO ADVANCE IN LIFE.
THE ABSENT-MINDED. THIS ARTIST, AFTER HAVING BEEN TO THE SALON, IS SEIZED BY A SUBLIME INSPIRATION AND APPROACHES HIS CANVAS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, TONES OF MUSIC, THE MOST PIQUANT EFFECT THE MOST DELICATE TOUCH PROMISING A MASTERPIECE. 2, 3, 4 HOURS GONE BY AND SOMETHING AS APPEALING AS A TITIAN, MICHELANGELO IS LEFT TO POSTERITY..... AFTERWARDS, ONCE HIS EXCITEMENT HAS SUBSIDED, HE REALIZES..... HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO USE THE BRUSH.
THE DORMITORY OF A DISTIGUISHED BOARDING SCHOOL. - ATTENTION... ON THE FIRST CLAP THAT I STRIKE WITH MY HANDS YOU WILL PLACE YOUR HEAD ON THE PILLOW. AT THE SECOND, YOU WILL CLOSE YOUR EYES... ON THE THIRD CLAP YOU WILL ALL SLEEP.
LE BOULEVARD DU TEMPLE À MINUIT
FATHER MOLÉ BRINGING NEW YEARS GIFTS TO LITTLE THIERS

Honoré Daumier

Robbed! Empty-Pocket street…

1839

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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Robert Macaire business agent. – By the devil! It’s really admirable of you to break your back to pay off your debts, my good chap, wipe them out at once! – But how? – Good heavens! Bring me your books, I’ll put them in order, it’s my specialty, we’ll settle for a few liabilities, a large number of assets, we’ll assemble your creditors, we’ll offer five percent to be paid over ten years, you won’t give them anything during the ten years, in ten years’ time you’ll start again, your creditors will be dead, the debts forgotten and nobody will say a word about it.

Robert Macaire business agent. – By the devil! It’s really admirable of you to break your back to pay off your debts, my good chap, wipe them out at once! – But how? – Good heavens! Bring me your books, I’ll put them in order, it’s my specialty, we’ll settle for a few liabilities, a large number of assets, we’ll assemble your creditors, we’ll offer five percent to be paid over ten years, you won’t give them anything during the ten years, in ten years’ time you’ll start again, your creditors will be dead, the debts forgotten and nobody will say a word about it.

Honoré Daumier

1837
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French, 1808-1879
Nationality: French