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Embarcation of a Lady. Get in without fear Miss Josephine….You don’t have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen… they are all Frrrrrench…. we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn’t get the authorization from the Government!…
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Honoré Daumier

Embarcation of a Lady. Get in without fear Miss Josephine….You don’t have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen… they are all Frrrrrench…. we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn’t get the authorization from the Government!…

1843

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Embarcation of a Lady. Get in without fear Miss Josephine….You don’t have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen… they are all Frrrrrench…. we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn’t get the authorization from the Government!…

Honoré Daumier

Embarcation of a Lady. Get in without fear Miss Josephine….You don’t have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen… they are all Frrrrrench…. we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn’t get the authorization from the Government!…

Honoré Daumier

Embarcation of a Lady. Get in without fear Miss Josephine….You don’t have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen… they are all Frrrrrench…. we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn’t get the authorization from the Government!…

1843

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 210 × 240 mm. (8 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 15 from the series "Les Canotier Parisien"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.94

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Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
ROBERT MACAIRE, BARRISTER. - MY DEAR BERTRAND, GIVE ME A HUNDRED CROWNS AND I'LL GET YOU ACQUITTED RIGHT AWAY. - I'VE NO MONEY. - ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A HUNDRED FRANCS. - I HAVEN'T GOT A PENNY. - YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TEN FRANCS? - NOT A FARTHING. - THEN GIVE ME YOUR BOOTS, AND I'LL PLEAD EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
Honoré Daumier
Robert Macaire, barrister. - My dear Bertrand, give me a hundred crowns and I'll get you acquitted right away. - I've no money. - All right, give me a hundred francs. - I haven't got a penny. - You don't even have ten francs? - Not a farthing. - Then give me your boots, and I'll plead extenuating circumstances.
1836
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
MONSIEUR ADOLPH CHAMOUILLARD, YOU ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FOOD. I DECLARE YOU ARE A VOLUPTUARY! YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE SPARTANS ATE NOTHING BUT BLACK BROTH ALL YEAR LONG!! - AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO EAT RED BEANS ALL THE TIME!
Honoré Daumier
Monsieur Adolph Chamouillard, you are always complaining about the food. I declare you are a voluptuary! You must know that the Spartans ate nothing but black broth all year long!! - At least they didn't have to eat red beans all the time!
1846
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
ROBERT MACAIRE AT THE RESTAURANT. - MY GOD!... BY THE MOST APPALLING ERROR MY FRIEND AND I FORGOT TO TAKE SOME MONEY THIS MORNING... AS YOU DON'T HAVE THE HONOR OF KNOWING US, MAY I OFFER YOU AS COLLATERAL FOR THE 6 FRANCS, 25 CENTIMES WE OWE YOU THESE TEN SHARES OF THE NEWSPAPER LA PRESSE, OR PERHAPS MY FRIEND'S HAT. - I WOULD REALLY PREFER YOUR FRIEND'S HAT!
Honoré Daumier
Robert Macaire at the restaurant. - My God!... By the most appalling error my friend and I forgot to take some money this morning... As you don't have the honor of knowing us, may I offer you as collateral for the 6 francs, 25 centimes we owe you these ten shares of the newspaper La Presse, or perhaps my friend's hat. - I would really prefer your friend's hat!
1836
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
THE OYSTER. (YOU'LL WAKE ME UP AT DINNER TIME.) BIG, FAT, THICK, PLUMP, GREEDY, WAKES UP ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING IN FOOD AND SLEEPS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIGESTING IT. THE OYSTER DOES NOT EAT FOR LIVING, BUT LIVES FOR EATING. ITS LOCOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS ARE NON EXISTENT. IT VEGETATES ON THE SPOT AND ITS EXISTENCE IS MANIFESTED ONLY BY THE EXACTITUDE, THE NUMBER AND THE QUALITY OF THE MEALS. THE ENTIRE ENERGY OF THE OYSTER IS
Honoré Daumier
The Oyster. (You'll wake me up at dinner time.) Big, fat, thick, plump, greedy, wakes up only for the purpose of taking in food and sleeps only for the purpose of digesting it. The oyster does not eat for living, but lives for eating. Its locomotive and industrial apparatus are non existent. It vegetates on the spot and its existence is manifested only by the exactitude, the number and the quality of the meals. The entire energy of the oyster is located in the stomach. One might call it an animal of pleasure, its only mission in life being to consume without working, while others work without consuming. It seems to be perfectly at ease with this providential mission. (Lacépède – Natural History.)
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
SENSE OF HEARING. WAKE UP NINI!.... I HAVE BEEN CALLING HER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, AND SHE ALWAYS REPLIES: YES ADOLPHE. BUT NEITHER THE CHILD'S NAME NOR MINE IS ADOLPHE!
Honoré Daumier and Charivari
Sense of Hearing. Wake up Nini!.... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies: yes Adolphe. But neither the child's name nor mine is Adolphe!
1843
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
I HAVE ALREADY FORBIDDEN YOU TO CALL ME MASTER..... WHY DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS!.... YOU ANIMAL!
Honoré Daumier
I have already forbidden you to call me Master..... why don't you understand that all men are brothers!.... you animal!
1844