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Where are we going, where are we going? We are walking on a volcano. Below us is the wreckage of revolution. The wheels of State are foundering because of the torrents of all these evil passions.
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Honoré Daumier

Where are we going, where are we going? We are walking on a volcano. Below us is the wreckage of revolution. The wheels of State are foundering because of the torrents of all these evil passions.

1834

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Where are we going, where are we going? We are walking on a volcano. Below us is the wreckage of revolution. The wheels of State are foundering because of the torrents of all these evil passions.

Honoré Daumier

Where are we going, where are we going? We are walking on a volcano. Below us is the wreckage of revolution. The wheels of State are foundering because of the torrents of all these evil passions.

Honoré Daumier

Where are we going, where are we going? We are walking on a volcano. Below us is the wreckage of revolution. The wheels of State are foundering because of the torrents of all these evil passions.

1834

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 210 × 260 mm. (8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 425 from the series "La Caricature"
Credit Line Purchase Fund
Object Number 1963.123

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1862
JUST KEEP ON SCREAMING YOU MASTIFF, GO ON BAWLING UNTIL YOU ARE HOARSE AND LET IT BE OVER WITH.... WASN'T ABLE TO CLOSE AN EYE ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS BRAT. MAY THE DEVIL TAKE THESE CHILDREN... THAT'S IT FOR ME!
Honoré Daumier
Just keep on screaming you mastiff, go on bawling until you are hoarse and let it be over with.... wasn't able to close an eye all night because of this brat. May the devil take these children... that's it for me!
1838
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1862
A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY. - LISTEN WOMAN... THEY HAVE TOLD US NOT TO DISTURB THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORKING... THEY ARE JUST FEIGNING TO BE WORKING... IN REALITY THEY AREN'T MOVING AT ALL! --- VISITORS FROM THE PROVINCE WHO INSIST ON OVERLOOKING PARIS FROM THE TOP OF THE JULY COLUMN, CONVINCED THAT THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 WAS ONLY MADE IN ORDER TO HAVE A PRETEXT TO BUILD AN OBSERVATORY ON THE PLACE
Honoré Daumier
A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all! --- Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
1853
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1840
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CHAP WAS SO QUIET ALL THE TIME..... INSTEAD OF READING QUIETLY IN HIS GREEK DICTIONARY, HE WAS INDULGING IN A NOVEL BY DE KOCK.... OH MY GOD.... WHERE IS THIS ALL GOING TO END!!
Honoré Daumier
Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel by de Kock.... Oh my God.... where is this all going to end!!
1846
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
A LANDLORD. - OH! MR. DE MACAIRE, YOU WOULDN'T TURN US OUT INTO THE STREET JUST FOR BEING A MISERABLE QUARTER LATE WITH OUR RENT... - WHERE ELSE SHOULD I PUT YOU, BY DEVIL? - BUT WE'VE SPENT 30'000FR. IN YOUR SHOP!... - THAT'S ANOTHER REASON, IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME... - AND MY FOUR POOR SMALL CHILDREN?... - WHAT THE HEAVENS IS THAT TO DO WITH ME. I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO HAVE THEM!...
Honoré Daumier
A Landlord. - Oh! Mr. de Macaire, you wouldn't turn us out into the street just for being a miserable quarter late with our rent... - Where else should I put you, by devil? - But we've spent 30'000Fr. in your shop!... - That's another reason, it all comes back to me... - And my four poor small children?... - What the heavens is that to do with me. I didn't ask you to have them!...
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
c. 1903
LION'S SHARE. CALM YOURSELVES, GENTLEMEN. WE'VE A HUNDRED LOUIS, EIGHTY OF THEM BELONG TO ME, EIGHTEEN TO MR. LE COMTE DE ST. BERTRAND, THAT LEAVES TWO FOR THE FIFTEEN OF YOU... IT'S STRANGE, THESE ETERNAL COMPLAINTS!! REALLY, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE!... WHAT THE DEVIL, GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ALL HONEST MEN, SORT THINGS OUT BETWEEN YOURSELVES, SHARE THE TWO LOUIS BETWEEN YOU, LET’S NOT MAKE A SCANDAL!
Honoré Daumier
Lion's share. Calm yourselves, gentlemen. We've a hundred louis, eighty of them belong to me, eighteen to Mr. Le Comte de St. Bertrand, that leaves two for the fifteen of you... It's strange, these eternal complaints!! Really, it's just not possible to make such a mistake!... What the devil, gentlemen, we're all honest men, sort things out between yourselves, share the two louis between you, let’s not make a scandal!
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
n.d.