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OH, IT'S WONDERFUL! EXCEPT... MY MOUTH SEEMS A BIT TOO BIG... THE NOSE A BIT TOO HEAVY. AND AREN'T MY EYES SOMEWHAT LARGER? BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOWS A PERFECT RESEMBLANCE...
A HUSBAND BURNING WITH JEALOUSY.
LES CHANTEURS DE RUE.
THE EMPIRE MEANS PEACE!
LORD, WHAT A NOSE YOU'VE GIVEN ME!
A VIEW OF THE BATHS AT 20 CTS.
TAKE IT EASY, GUV'NOR, I'LL GET YOU THERE AS GENTLY AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO YOUR FUNERAL.
THE CONSTITUTIONNEL AND THE WANDERING JEW. - COME ON, OLD MAN, LET'S GO, COME ON! IF I CAN'T EVEN MAKE YOU WALK, THEN YOUR INFIRMITY IS REALLY A CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM...
AS YOU CAN SEE, MONSIEUR, I HAVE ENFORCED IN MY SCHOOL PERFECTLY GOOD DISCIPLINE. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE TO WHAT EXTENT I SUCCEEDED IMPLANTING IN THESE YOUNG SCHOLARS A DEEP SENTIMENT OF RESPECT TOWARDS THEIR TEACHER.
ANOTHER ONE WHO NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT HIS NOSE THIS YEAR, SINCE THE POTATO-EPIDEMIC IS STILL GOING ON.

Honoré Daumier

Oh, it’s wonderful! except… my mouth seems a bit too big… the nose a bit too heavy. And aren’t my eyes somewhat larger? But otherwise it shows a perfect resemblance…

1839

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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The other day, I pulled off another smart trick… I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard … I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs… I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: “Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!” I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer… The following day they couldn’t get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: “The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I’m going to hold it back… I put down nothing and kept back the r

The other day, I pulled off another smart trick… I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard … I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs… I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: “Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!” I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer… The following day they couldn’t get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: “The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I’m going to hold it back… I put down nothing and kept back the r

Honoré Daumier

1838
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French, 1808-1879
Nationality: French