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Ah, you are telling everything to the teacher aren’t you…. well, tell him about this punch here!…
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Honoré Daumier

Ah, you are telling everything to the teacher aren’t you…. well, tell him about this punch here!…

1846

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Ah, you are telling everything to the teacher aren’t you…. well, tell him about this punch here!…

Honoré Daumier

Ah, you are telling everything to the teacher aren’t you…. well, tell him about this punch here!…

Honoré Daumier

Ah, you are telling everything to the teacher aren’t you…. well, tell him about this punch here!…

1846

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 197 × 250 mm. (7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 21 from the series "Professeurs et Moutards"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.130

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

French, 1808-1879
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
AN ALIBI. - I'M TELLING YOU I SAW BONAPARTE AT THE HIPPODROME. - BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I JUST HEARD HIM AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. - YOU'RE BOTH WRONG, BECAUSE I JUST PASSED PLACE VENDÔME A MINUTE AGO, AND HE WAS ON THE COLUMN.
Honoré Daumier
An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1848
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
AN ALIBI. - I'M TELLING YOU I SAW BONAPARTE AT THE HIPPODROME. - BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I JUST HEARD HIM AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. - YOU'RE BOTH WRONG, BECAUSE I JUST PASSED PLACE VENDÔME A MINUTE AGO, AND HE WAS ON THE COLUMN.
Honoré Daumier
An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1848
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
THE LADIES' BATH. YES, MY DEAR, IT IS JUST THE WAY I HAVE THE HONOUR OF TELLING YOU. I WAS PREGNANT WITH HIM FOR ELEVEN MONTHS AND PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS DROPSICAL. WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ALREADY SIX YEARS AGO? HE TAKES AFTER HIS FATHER, DRUM-MAJOR OF THE 6TH LEGION. SINGS THE MARSEILLAISE (NATIONAL ANTHEM) BY HEART AND HAS A DRINK IN THE MORNING LIKE A REAL FIRE-FIGHTER. OH, MY LITTLE DARLING, COME HERE AND GIVE YOUR MOTHER A KISS!
Honoré Daumier
The Ladies' Bath. Yes, my dear, it is just the way I have the honour of telling you. I was pregnant with him for eleven months and people thought I was dropsical. Would you believe that this is already six years ago? He takes after his father, drum-major of the 6th legion. Sings the Marseillaise (national anthem) by heart and has a drink in the morning like a real fire-fighter. Oh, my little darling, come here and give your mother a kiss!
1841
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
WAITER!... -COMING... -BUT I ORDERED MY BEEFSTEAK AN HOUR AND A QUARTER AGO, AND YOU KEEP TELLING ME THAT IT IS COMING. I WANT TO EAT SOMETHING ELSE!
Honoré Daumier
Waiter!... -Coming... -But I ordered my beefsteak an hour and a quarter ago, and you keep telling me that it is coming. I want to eat something else!
1839
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
MY DEAR, SINCE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SEE EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE PICTURES ON THE RIGHT WHILE I'LL LOOK AT THE ONES ON THE LEFT, AND WHEN WE GET HOME, WE'LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING WE SAW.
Honoré Daumier
My dear, since we won't have enough time to see everything in one day, you should look at the pictures on the right while I'll look at the ones on the left, and when we get home, we'll tell each other everything we saw.
1859
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
DELIGHTED TO FIND HIMSELF ON SHOW, THE ORIGINAL TAKES HIS WIFE TO THE EXHIBITION, AND PLACES HER BEFORE HIS IMAGE TO ENJOY THE OPINION OF THE CROWD. - LOOK, SOME SAY, IT'S THE CHINESE COMMISSIONER LIN! - NO, OTHERS SAY, DON'T YOU SEE, IT'S NATURAL HISTORY! - IT'S... RESUMES ONE GENTLEMAN IN POSSESSION OF THE CATALOGUE, IT'S THE PORTRAIT OF MR. D..... INSURANCE BROKER: - OH WELL, WITH A BONCE LIKE THAT HE DOESN'T NEED TO INSURE HIMSELF, HE'LL NOT
Honoré Daumier
Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
1842