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The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave! - Image 1
The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave! - Image 2
The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave! - Image 3
The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave! - Image 4

Honoré Daumier

The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!

1840

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The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!

Honoré Daumier

The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!

Honoré Daumier

The Baliff’s Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!… they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!

1840

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 240 × 195 mm. (9 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number 1989.730
Published in Le Charivari, December 30, 1841.

Inscribed: FACE (in image): TE, 'BOHEMIENS DE PARIS'; below image, 'LE RECORS.//Ils nous appellent ennemis de la liberté... de quoi se plaignent ils ces cadets là... on les mène en voiture, et ils ont un groom, par derrière... en v' là un genre!'; (in graphite): along l.e., 'D 833 55-C-85-C $6.-'

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Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1861
SENSE OF HEARING. WAKE UP NINI!.... I HAVE BEEN CALLING HER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, AND SHE ALWAYS REPLIES: YES ADOLPHE. BUT NEITHER THE CHILD'S NAME NOR MINE IS ADOLPHE!
Honoré Daumier and Charivari
Sense of Hearing. Wake up Nini!.... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies: yes Adolphe. But neither the child's name nor mine is Adolphe!
1842
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1861
MR.LIFEGUARD.... IS IT TRUE THERE ARE SHARKS AT DIEPPE? - OF COURSE... BUT IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE... AS SOON AS YOU SEE ONE COMING TO EAT YOU, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LAY DOWN SIDEWAYS. HE WON'T EAT YOU FOR FEAR OF CHOKING TO DEATH.
Honoré Daumier
Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death.
1857
CROQUADE DIVERS
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Croquade Divers
1839
SIR... HERE IS WHAT WE WILL BE GIVING THIS YEAR AS A BONUS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE MUSICAL UNIVERSE... 125 ALBUMS THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOUND, SOME MORE MAGNIFICENTLY THAN OTHERS. ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF MR. MUSARD, AT DIFFERFENT AGES, BUT ALWAYS WITH THE SAME BLACK SUIT. THREE TRUMPETS, MORE OR LESS IN KEY. FORTY ADMISSION TICKETS, EVEN EXIT TICKETS, FOR EACH OF OUR CONCERTS...EIGHTY SEVEN MUSICAL SCORES...AND A REED PIPE.
Honoré Daumier
Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
1844
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
Kuba
Woman's Scalloped Border Pile and Pierced Design Overskirt
1914–1929
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
Elizabeth Catlett and Robert Blackburn
I have always worked hard in America
1945
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1886–1899
STEPPING TOWARDS MY DARKEST BITS TO HEAR A FAMILIAR SONG. THE WORDS HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE MELODY CARESSES ME ALL THE SAME (WOMAN LED BY HER INTUITION, SUPPORTED BY SCROTUM FLOWERS)
Theresa Chromati
Stepping Towards My Darkest Bits to Hear a Familiar Song. The Words Have Changed, But the Melody Caresses Me All the Same (Woman Led by Her Intuition, Supported by Scrotum Flowers)
2019