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Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!
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Honoré Daumier

Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!

1840

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Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!

Honoré Daumier

Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!

Honoré Daumier

Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!

1840

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 240 × 205 mm. (9 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 21 from the series "Moeurs conjugales"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.50

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
OH HERE YOU ARE, MY POOR DEAR! DARN IT, HOW HANDSOME YOU ARE! COME AND GIVE YOUR FATHER A KISS!
Honoré Daumier, Bauger, and others
Oh here you are, my poor dear! Darn it, how handsome you are! Come and give your father a kiss!
1840
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
THE HUSBAND (READING ALOUD): "WE LAY INDOLENTLY ON THE FRAGRANT MOSS, WHILE THE BEAMS OF THE MOON FLICKERED THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A WILLOW, GENTLY SWAYING IN THE EVENING BREEZE. OVERCOME WITH LOVE WE CRIED TO TO HEAVEN THE LONGINGS WE FELT IN OUR HEARTS." HIS WIFE (SOTTO VOCE): HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY READ SUCH POETRY AND WEAR A NIGHT BONNET AND A FACE LIKE THIS.
Honoré Daumier
The husband (reading aloud): "We lay indolently on the fragrant moss, while the beams of the moon flickered through the branches of a willow, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Overcome with love we cried to to heaven the longings we felt in our hearts." His wife (sotto voce): how can he possibly read such poetry and wear a night bonnet and a face like this.
1839
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
THE HUSBAND SUBJECTED BY THE WIFE
Hans Brosamer
The Husband Subjected by the Wife
n.d.
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
THE JAYOTYPE. - MR. JAY: THE GENTLEMAN IS MARRIED? - THE GENTLEMAN: CERTAINLY, BUT HOW THE DEVIL DID YOU KNOW THAT? - MR. JAY: OH, ITS THAT THIS INSTRUMENT IS PERFECT, THAT NO CURVE OF THE HEAD, NO BUMP ON THE FOREHEAD CAN ESCAPE IT. - THE GENTLEMAN: HOW INGENIOUS!
Honoré Daumier
The Jayotype. - Mr. Jay: The gentleman is married? - The gentleman: Certainly, but how the devil did you know that? - Mr. Jay: Oh, its that this instrument is perfect, that no curve of the head, no bump on the forehead can escape it. - The gentleman: How ingenious!
1842
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.