Skip to main content
Membership Donate Shop Gertrude's
Oh my God, our neighbor’s house has caught fire! Don’t look, Theodore, this would be too painful! – No, no, it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window.
Public Domain

Honoré Daumier

Oh my God, our neighbor’s house has caught fire! Don’t look, Theodore, this would be too painful! – No, no, it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window.

1848

Scroll
Oh my God, our neighbor’s house has caught fire! Don’t look, Theodore, this would be too painful! – No, no, it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window.

Honoré Daumier

Oh my God, our neighbor’s house has caught fire! Don’t look, Theodore, this would be too painful! – No, no, it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window.

Honoré Daumier

Oh my God, our neighbor’s house has caught fire! Don’t look, Theodore, this would be too painful! – No, no, it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window.

1848

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 243 x 197 mm. (9 9/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 1 from the series "Les Alarmistes et les Alarmés"
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.628

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

Meet Honoré Daumier
Not on View

Explore the Collection Further

BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
ROBERT MACAIRE BOOKSELLER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD THERE BE ANYONE IN THIS PLEASANT PLACE WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE HIMSELF A NICE LITTLE INCOME, WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AND WITHOUT WORKING?... IF THERE IS SOMEONE HE SHOULD STOCK MY PRIMERS... YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BOOKSELLER TO BE A SPECIALIST IN THIS TRADE, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO READ, QUITE THE CONTRARY!... YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY ME A DEPOSIT... THE BIGGER THE BETTER, AS THE SAYING GOES.
Honoré Daumier
Robert Macaire bookseller. Ladies and gentlemen, would there be anyone in this pleasant place who'd like to make himself a nice little income, without difficulty and without working?... If there is someone he should stock my primers... You don't have to be a bookseller to be a specialist in this trade, you don't even have to know how to read, quite the contrary!... You only have to pay me a deposit... The bigger the better, as the saying goes.
1836
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
DAMNED LANDLORD!... YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL MY TROUBLES. IT WAS YOU WHO INSISTED TO BE PORTRAYED BY ME TO COVER THE OUTSTANDING RENT.... NOW THE JURY HAS REJECTED MY PAINTINGS SAYING THEY WERE JUST TOO UGLY! I AM SURE IT WASN'T MY WORK THEY FOUND TO BE HORRIBLE.... IT WAS YOUR FACE!
Honoré Daumier
Damned landlord!... You are the source of all my troubles. It was you who insisted to be portrayed by me to cover the outstanding rent.... now the jury has rejected my paintings saying they were just too ugly! I am sure it wasn't my work they found to be horrible.... it was your face!
1859
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
HERE IS A GOOD ONE! THE GUARD WHO HAS A DRINK... SHOULD HAVE TOLD US, WE WOULD HAVE PAID YOU A DRINK, OLD WARRIOR! THE AUTHORITY IS REFRESHING HIMSELF…. HELLO GUGUSSE…. WHOSE TURN IS IT TO FISH THE AUTHORITY OUT OF THE WATER?
Honoré Daumier
Here is a good one! The guard who has a drink... should have told us, we would have paid you a drink, old warrior! The authority is refreshing himself…. hello Gugusse…. whose turn is it to fish the authority out of the water?
1841
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I'M COMING - ONE WOULD THINK THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE! - ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR FIRE!... I'M FREEZING. FOR TWO HOURS I'VE BEEN POUNDING ON THE DOOR. -(ASIDE) THAT WILL TEACH YOU NEXT TIME, NOT TO GIVE A TIP!
Honoré Daumier
Alright, alright, I'm coming - one would think the house was on fire! - Enough about your fire!... I'm freezing. For two hours I've been pounding on the door. -(aside) that will teach you next time, not to give a tip!
1840
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
ADIEU! ADIEU! IN THE NAME OF GOD, ADIEU! ADIEU! - WOULD YOU STOP THIS! YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS. FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS YOU ARE SHOUTING ADIEU... WHY DON'T YOU FINALLY GO!
Honoré Daumier
Adieu! Adieu! In the name of God, Adieu! Adieu! - Would you stop this! You cannot be serious. For the last two hours you are shouting Adieu... why don't you finally go!
1841
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
HERE IS A GOOD ONE! THE GUARD WHO HAS A DRINK... SHOULD HAVE TOLD US, WE WOULD HAVE PAID YOU A DRINK, OLD WARRIOR! THE AUTHORITY IS REFRESHING HIMSELF…. HELLO GUGUSSE…. WHOSE TURN IS IT TO FISH THE AUTHORITY OUT OF THE WATER?
Honoré Daumier
Here is a good one! The guard who has a drink... should have told us, we would have paid you a drink, old warrior! The authority is refreshing himself…. hello Gugusse…. whose turn is it to fish the authority out of the water?
1841