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Paul Gavarni

Monsieur Duke! It Gives me Pains that You Enter

1889

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Monsieur Duke! It Gives me Pains that You Enter

Paul Gavarni

Monsieur Duke! It Gives me Pains that You Enter

Paul Gavarni

Monsieur Duke! It Gives me Pains that You Enter

1889

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 277 x 188 mm. (10 7/8 x 7 3/8 in.) Image: 207 x 157 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the Journal "Les Artistes"
Credit Line Gift of Lilian Sarah Greif
Object Number 1966.48.24

Inscribed: RECTO: LR, in matrix: "89 [backwards"; LWRC: "Monsieur le duc!...donnez vous la peine d'entrer"; LL: "Chez Aubert gal. vero-dodat."; LR :"Imp. d'Aubert et Cie."

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Paul Gavarni

French, 1804-1866

French, 1804-1866
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The Magic Lantern
1854
SHEET OF SKETCHES: OLD MAN AND YOUNG BOY IN THE CENTER
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet and Becquet
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n.d.
A Tired Young Street Artist
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris and Paul Gavarni
A Tired Young Street Artist
1877
SHEET OF SKETCHES: OLD MAN AND YOUNG BOY IN THE CENTER
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet and Gihaut frères
Sheet of sketches: Old man and young boy in the center
n.d.
AH M'AME ADO'PHE! M'AME ADO'PHE! JE NE SERAIS PAS CE QUE JE SUIS SANS MON VIEUX SERPENT DE MÈRE
Félix Bracquemond and Paul Gavarni
Ah m'ame Ado'phe! m'ame Ado'phe! je ne serais pas ce que je suis sans mon vieux serpent de mère
c. 1856
MONSIEUR...MONSIEUR, HERE'S YOUR HANDKERCHIEF
Honoré Daumier
Monsieur...Monsieur, here's your handkerchief
1842
LE BOIS DE BOULOGNE
Félix Bracquemond, Paul Gavarni, and others
Le Bois de Boulogne
1857
MONSIEUR ARTHUR: - OH PAMELA! I AM BURNING WITH LOVE FOR YOU! THE HUSBAND HERBALIST: - A MALLOW... OF THE FAMILY OF MALVACEAE... A SEDATIVE... I DON'T BELIEVE MY FRIEND ARTHUR HAS THIS SPECIMEN IN THE HERBARIUM HE ASKED ME TO BUILD FOR HIM.
Honoré Daumier and Charivari
Monsieur Arthur: - Oh Pamela! I am burning with love for you! The husband herbalist: - A mallow... of the family of Malvaceae... a sedative... I don't believe my friend Arthur has this specimen in the herbarium he asked me to build for him.
1851
LE BOIS DE BOULOGNE
Félix Bracquemond, Paul Gavarni, and others
Le Bois de Boulogne
1857
THE EARLY MORNING CALLER. THIS PERSON ENTERS YOUR HOME EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WALKS STEALTHILY LIKE A THIEF. IF YOU WAKE UP, HE PRETENDS HAVING ENTERED THE WRONG APARTMENT, LOOKING FOR A MR. PIERRE OR A MR. PAUL. HE IS ABASHED WITH APOLOGIES AND RETREATS AFTER CARRYING OFF WHAT HAS FALLEN INTO HIS HANDS. THIS MAN WORKS AROUND ALL THE HOTELS, KNOWING THAT THE TRAVELLERS HAVE THE HABIT OF LEAVING THEIR KEY IN THE DOOR.
Honoré Daumier
The early morning caller. This person enters your home early in the morning and walks stealthily like a thief. If you wake up, he pretends having entered the wrong apartment, looking for a Mr. Pierre or a Mr. Paul. He is abashed with apologies and retreats after carrying off what has fallen into his hands. This man works around all the hotels, knowing that the travellers have the habit of leaving their key in the door.
1835
Young Man Reading
Paul Gavarni
Young Man Reading
n.d.
MONSIEUR, YOU SHOULD NOT SMILE AT HIM LIKE THAT, OTHERWISE HE STARTS CRYING RIGHT AWAY
Honoré Daumier
Monsieur, you should not smile at him like that, otherwise he starts crying right away
1848