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That good M. Ratapoil….He has promised them that after having signed the petition, larks would be falling down on their buttered toast!
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Honoré Daumier

That good M. Ratapoil….He has promised them that after having signed the petition, larks would be falling down on their buttered toast!

1851

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Honoré Daumier

That good M. Ratapoil….He has promised them that after having signed the petition, larks would be falling down on their buttered toast!

1851

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 265 × 213 mm. (10 7/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 151 from the series "Actualités Politiques"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.171

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Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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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
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1840
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Preparing for the baccalaureate. - There are two ways in which you might pass your exams: the first way is to let someone else take your place; the second is to take them yourself. - I would like to take them myself. - Very good!... Do you know Greek? - No. - Latin? - None the more. - Excellent!... Do you know your Math? - Not at all. - What do you know then? - Nothing. - But you've 200 francs? - Of course! - Splendid... You'll be passed next Thursday. - You mean you're going to prepare me in eight days? - What do you think!!!!... It's true that I've taken on the responsibility for your success, but for teaching you... Oh no! Certainly not!!
1837
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
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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
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
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
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
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Honoré Daumier
Yes! My dear, it has been more than three weeks that no food entered this good man’s body!… - I prepared a good cabbage soup with bacon and some potatoes, that he loves so much. This will give him some strength. If you'd follow the diet the doctors gave him, he would soon die of hunger…
1838