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The inconvenience of having servants who are too happy
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Honoré Daumier

The inconvenience of having servants who are too happy

1852

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The inconvenience of having servants who are too happy

Honoré Daumier

The inconvenience of having servants who are too happy

Honoré Daumier

The inconvenience of having servants who are too happy

1852

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 241 x 222 mm. (9 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "Tout ce qu'on voudra"
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 1948.79
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1948; Ferdinand Roten, Baltimore

Inscribed: Signed l/l on stone, h.D.

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
THE WORLD LETS THOSE DIE WHO LOVE IT AND ARE TOO MUCH ATTACHED TO IT
Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune
The World Lets Those Die Who Love It and Are Too Much Attached to It
1580
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
DAMNED LANDLORD!... YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL MY TROUBLES. IT WAS YOU WHO INSISTED TO BE PORTRAYED BY ME TO COVER THE OUTSTANDING RENT.... NOW THE JURY HAS REJECTED MY PAINTINGS SAYING THEY WERE JUST TOO UGLY! I AM SURE IT WASN'T MY WORK THEY FOUND TO BE HORRIBLE.... IT WAS YOUR FACE!
Honoré Daumier
Damned landlord!... You are the source of all my troubles. It was you who insisted to be portrayed by me to cover the outstanding rent.... now the jury has rejected my paintings saying they were just too ugly! I am sure it wasn't my work they found to be horrible.... it was your face!
1859
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
OH MY GOD, OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE HAS CAUGHT FIRE! DON'T LOOK, THEODORE, THIS WOULD BE TOO PAINFUL! - NO, NO, IT WAS HE HIMSELF WHO PLACED THREE LITTLE LANTERNS IN HIS WINDOW.
Honoré Daumier
Oh my God, our neighbor's house has caught fire! Don't look, Theodore, this would be too painful! - No, no, it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window.
1848
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO FEED THE HUNGRY
Louis Audran, Sébastien Bourdon, and others
Happy are Those Who Feed the Hungry
published c. 1784-1814
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
HAVING HAD ONE TOO MANY, TOASTING ST. HUBERT.
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Having had one too many, toasting St. Hubert.
1865
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
YOU REMEMBER NOW THAT YOUNG CABASSOL IS FAR TOO GOOD IN TRANSLATION THAT I WOULD ALLOW ANYONE IN THIS CLASS TO MOLEST HIM... HE IS UNDER MY IMMEDIATE PROTECTION! AT THE FINAL EXAMS IT IS HE WHO WILL HOLD UP THE HONOUR OF BILBOQUET HIGH SCHOOL.
Honoré Daumier
You remember now that young Cabassol is far too good in translation that I would allow anyone in this class to molest him... he is under my immediate protection! At the final exams it is he who will hold up the honour of Bilboquet High school.
1845