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And from here you have a beautiful view over the tower of St. Jacques la Boucherie!
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Honoré Daumier

And from here you have a beautiful view over the tower of St. Jacques la Boucherie!

1848

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And from here you have a beautiful view over the tower of St. Jacques la Boucherie!

Honoré Daumier

And from here you have a beautiful view over the tower of St. Jacques la Boucherie!

Honoré Daumier

And from here you have a beautiful view over the tower of St. Jacques la Boucherie!

1848

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 361 × 251 mm. (14 3/16 × 9 7/8 in.) Image: 252 × 224 mm. (9 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 10 from the series "Locataires et Propriétaires"
Credit Line Bequest of Dr. Raymond D. Havens
Object Number 1955.197h

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
HERE, EUDOXIE, TAKE MY BEAR SKIN... SINCE FROM NOW ON I WILL NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE ANY MORE TO WEAR IT, I GIVE IT TO YOU TO MAKE A MUFF OUT OF IT... THIS WAY I HAVE AT LEAST THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING IT FROM TIME TO TIME
Honoré Daumier
Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time
1848
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
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
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
MR.LIFEGUARD.... IS IT TRUE THERE ARE SHARKS AT DIEPPE? - OF COURSE... BUT IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE... AS SOON AS YOU SEE ONE COMING TO EAT YOU, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LAY DOWN SIDEWAYS. HE WON'T EAT YOU FOR FEAR OF CHOKING TO DEATH.
Honoré Daumier
Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death.
1858
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
SIR... HERE IS WHAT WE WILL BE GIVING THIS YEAR AS A BONUS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE MUSICAL UNIVERSE... 125 ALBUMS THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOUND, SOME MORE MAGNIFICENTLY THAN OTHERS. ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF MR. MUSARD, AT DIFFERFENT AGES, BUT ALWAYS WITH THE SAME BLACK SUIT. THREE TRUMPETS, MORE OR LESS IN KEY. FORTY ADMISSION TICKETS, EVEN EXIT TICKETS, FOR EACH OF OUR CONCERTS...EIGHTY SEVEN MUSICAL SCORES...AND A REED PIPE.
Honoré Daumier
Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
1845
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.
A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY. - LISTEN WOMAN... THEY HAVE TOLD US NOT TO DISTURB THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORKING... THEY ARE JUST FEIGNING TO BE WORKING... IN REALITY THEY AREN'T MOVING AT ALL! --- VISITORS FROM THE PROVINCE WHO INSIST ON OVERLOOKING PARIS FROM THE TOP OF THE JULY COLUMN, CONVINCED THAT THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 WAS ONLY MADE IN ORDER TO HAVE A PRETEXT TO BUILD AN OBSERVATORY ON THE PLACE
Honoré Daumier
A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all! --- Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
1853