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There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me! - Image 1
There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me! - Image 2
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Honoré Daumier

There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me!

1840

There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me! — thumbnail 1
There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me! — thumbnail 2
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There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me!

Honoré Daumier

There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me!

Honoré Daumier

There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I’m having a shave she’s making a cuckold of me!

1840

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 240 × 205 mm. (9 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 22 from the series "Moeurs conjugales"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.51

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
TO IMAGINE THAT NEXT YEAR I WILL BE EXHIBITED AND THAT EVERYBODY IN PARIS WILL SEE ME... ITS IS KIND OF FLATTERING, ISN'T IT DEAR? - I'M JUST UNHAPPY THAT YOU WON'T BE WEARING YOUR NECK-TIE... IT LOOKS A BIT SLOPPY... IF THERE IS STILL SOME TIME, WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE SCULPTOR TO ADD ON YOUR STAND-UP COLLAR.
Honoré Daumier
To imagine that next year I will be exhibited and that everybody in Paris will see me... its is kind of flattering, isn't it Dear? - I'm just unhappy that you won't be wearing your neck-tie... it looks a bit sloppy... if there is still some time, why don't you ask the sculptor to add on your stand-up collar.
1859
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
THE FIRST SHAVE. YOU REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHAVE, ISN'T THAT TRUE LITTLE BRAT? WELL, YOU'V GOT TO WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE FIFTEEN, LIKE ME!
Honoré Daumier
The First Shave. You really want to be able to shave, isn't that true little brat? Well, you'v got to wait until you are fifteen, like me!
1844
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
YOU MUST ADMIT THAT IT IS A BIT BORING, MONSIEUR LOUSTALOT, TO STAND LIKE THIS ALL DAY WITH YOUR ARMS UP LIKE THAT HOLDING THE SIGNAL-FLAG?... - YOU ARE TELLING ME!.. AND I'M SO STUFFED UP WITH A COLD! I NEEDED TO BLOW MY NOSE FOR THE PAST 45 MINUTES..... BUT I DON'T DARE .... IT MIGHT ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF THE TRAIN.... I'LL ASK THE NEXT PASSENGER WHO HAPPENS TO PASS BY TO DO ME THIS FAVOUR.
Honoré Daumier
You must admit that it is a bit boring, Monsieur Loustalot, to stand like this all day with your arms up like that holding the signal-flag?... - You are telling me!.. and I'm so stuffed up with a cold! I needed to blow my nose for the past 45 minutes..... but I don't dare .... it might endanger the safety of the train.... I'll ask the next passenger who happens to pass by to do me this favour.
1843
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
TROUVÉ-CHAUVEL. STRICT GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC'S FINANCES, CITIZEN TROUVÉ-CHAUVEL NEVER SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM THE TREASURE, EVEN WHEN HE GOES TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS VERY EASY FOR HIM TO CARRY IT OVER HIS SHOULDER. THIS MINISTER HAS AN OBSESSION, WHICH IS MAKING HIM QUITE UNHAPPY; HE WANTS TO BALANCE REVENUE WITH EXPENDITURE, BUT HE CANNOT FIND THE MEANS TO THIS END.... ALSO, HE DOESN'T LIKE PEOPLE SAYING TO HIM: - HAVE
Honoré Daumier
Trouvé-Chauvel. Strict guardian of the Republic's finances, citizen Trouvé-Chauvel never separates himself from the treasure, even when he goes to the National Assembly. It is true that it is very easy for him to carry it over his shoulder. This minister has an obsession, which is making him quite unhappy; he wants to balance revenue with expenditure, but he cannot find the means to this end.... also, he doesn't like people saying to him: - have you found it, Chauvel?....
1848
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
DOCTOR ROBERT MACAIRE'S CLINIC. - THERE YOU ARE GENTLEMEN, THE SURGERY I PERFORMED WAS A FULL SUCCESS, WHILE EVERYBODY CONSIDERED IT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. - BUT DOCTOR, THE PATIENT IS DEAD! - SO WHAT... ..SHE WOULD HAVE DIED SOONER OR LATER ANYWAY.
Honoré Daumier
Doctor Robert Macaire's clinic. - There you are gentlemen, the surgery I performed was a full success, while everybody considered it to be impossible. - But doctor, the patient is dead! - So what... ..she would have died sooner or later anyway.
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
THE ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. AT LAST!.... THERE IS ONE WHO REALLY LOOKS LIKE ME!
Honoré Daumier
The entrance into life. At last!.... there is one who really looks like me!
1843