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My dear friend, you really don’t look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you…. better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I’ll apply another sixty.
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Honoré Daumier

My dear friend, you really don’t look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you…. better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I’ll apply another sixty.

1845

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My dear friend, you really don’t look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you…. better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I’ll apply another sixty.

Honoré Daumier

My dear friend, you really don’t look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you…. better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I’ll apply another sixty.

Honoré Daumier

My dear friend, you really don’t look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you…. better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I’ll apply another sixty.

1845

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 235 × 185 mm. (9 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 8 from the series "Les Amis"
Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number 1963.109.108

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
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
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
YES MY UNCLE, MY VIRTUOUS UNCLE, I WAS A SPENDTHRIFT, GAMBLER, SEDUCER, I HAD MANY FAULTS, IN A WORD I WAS FRIVOLOUS... BUT YOU'RE ILL, VERY ILL, THE DOCTORS HAVE ABANDONED YOU... I'VE COME TO AID YOU, TO FALL AT YOUR FEET, I'LL SWEAR... ANYTHING YOU LIKE... I'LL ONLY LEAVE YOU AT DEATH, MY KIND UNCLE, MY SO EXCELLENT UNCLE! LET'S EMBRACE AND PUT AN END TO IT. (MACAIRE, SOLE INHERITOR, HAS HIS DEAR UNCLE THROWN INTO A COMMON PIT).
Honoré Daumier
Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I AM GOING TO DINE. ... BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DINNER ALREADY? - NO, NOT YET. - WELL, WELL, I'LL HAVE MINE BEFORE YOU THEN. GOODBYE.
Honoré Daumier and Charivari
You have to excuse me, I am going to dine. ... by the way, have you had your dinner already? - no, not yet. - Well, well, I'll have mine before you then. Goodbye.
1852
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
MY DEAR, SINCE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SEE EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE PICTURES ON THE RIGHT WHILE I'LL LOOK AT THE ONES ON THE LEFT, AND WHEN WE GET HOME, WE'LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING WE SAW.
Honoré Daumier
My dear, since we won't have enough time to see everything in one day, you should look at the pictures on the right while I'll look at the ones on the left, and when we get home, we'll tell each other everything we saw.
1859
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.
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