HONORÉ DAUMIER
(French, 1808-1879)

Cultural and Political Satire links:

Thomas Rowlandson
Honoré Daumier
William Hogarth
British Caricature Prints

Known chiefly as a political and social satirist, Honoré Daumier used the printmaking process of lithography, still relatively new at the time, to contribute cartoons and caricatures to French news weeklies. He brilliantly exposed the character of his subjects by infusing everyday gestures, postures, and dialogue with his unmistakable wit. A gifted painter and sculptor, Daumier chose the steady income of commercial illustration work over a career in "high" art. It has been estimated that he produced over 4,000 lithographs.  Today, Daumier's powerful and humorous illustrations stand as critical historical reminders as well as an enduring testament to the passion for social justice that fueled his work.

"Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement votre fait!.."
(---How well I snapped at you! 
--But also, how rudely I responded with the most disagreeable things! 
--We were lovely! 
--We were magnificent!  This is really nothing but a palace where everyone knows how to argue and talk with tempers flared...without getting annoyed!)
Series: Le Gens de Justice  
Lithograph, 1845
Initialed in the stone, text verso
As published in LE CHARIVARI
Reference: Delteil 1344
Sheet: 9-3/4 x 7-11/16 inches

25550
$850.

"Parisiens qui ne seront jamais placès sous la surveillance de la haute police."
(Parisiens who will never be under surveillance by the high police.)
For the series Tout ce qu'on voudra
Original lithograph for LE CHARIVARI
Initialed in the stone. Text verso.
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1658
Sheet: 12-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches

5666
$100.

"Monsieur, pardon si je vous gêne un peu..."
(Sir, pardon me if I bother you a little...)
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI, 1846
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone. Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1233
Sheet: 15 x 9-3/4 inches
Light soiling at edges, creases in right margin
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the "liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

25892
$170.

"Vous aviez faim...vous aviez faim...ça n'est pas un 
raison! Mais moi aussi presque tous les jours j'ai 
faim et je ne vole pas pour cela!"
(You were hungry...you were hungry...that's not a 
reason!   I also am hungry nearly every day and so 
I won't fly for that!)
Series: Le Gens de Justice  
Lithograph, 1845
Initialed in the stone, text verso
As published in LE CHARIVARI
Reference: Delteil 1351
7-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches

25553
$800.

"La Cour, vidant le déliberé..."
(The court is emptying to deliberate.)
Series: Le Gens de Justice  
Lithograph, 1845
Initialed in the stone, text verso
As published in LE CHARIVARI
Reference: Delteil 1380
Sheet: 7-1/4 x 10 inches
Paper has been expertly cleaned and restored

25551
$850.

Planches a Quartes or Charles de Choisy
Frontispiece for Catalogue de L'Oeuvre 
Lithographie et Grave de H. Daumier, by Champfleury
Etching, 1872
Edition size: 100
The only etching Daumier ever made, served as 
frontispiece to the deluxe edition of Champfleury's catalogue
 to Daumier's graphic work.  Also on the plate, etchings by 
Felicien Rops, Alfred Taiee, and Henri Harpignies
Reference: Bory's Rops catalog, #307
Sheet: 8-7/8 x 3-7/8 inches

24391
$1800.

"M. Alfred Cabassol, ...sans tache!"
(Mr. Alfred Cabassol, for being the only one in the
class to go all week without using your sleeve as a handkerchief, you receive this medal of untarnished honor!)
Series: Professeurs et Moutards
As published in LE CHARIVARI, 1846
Reference: Deltiel 1443ii
Sheet: 10 x 13-1/2 inches

28330
SOLD

"La jument de prince et le chien de la Princesse"
(The Prince's Mare and the Princess' dog"
From La Caricature No. 205, 1834
Lithograph, sur blanc
Published by Chez Aubert
Sheet: 10 x 14 inches

17660
$300.

"César - Si vous n'avez su vaincre apprenes à servir! Brutus - César, aucun de nous n'apprendra qu'á mourir!"
(Caesar - If you haven't learned how to conquer, then learn to serve! Brutus - Caesar, none of us learns but to die."
For the series Physionomies Tragiques
from LE CHARIVARI, 1851
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone.
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 2181
Sheet: 10 x 14-3/4 inches

2342
$100.

"Holà hé! madame l'hôtesse, j'aime les potages chauves." (Hold on!  Waitress, I prefer the vegetables clean-shaven.)
Series:  Silhouettes
Lithograph, text verso
As published in LE CHARIVARI
Reference: Delteil 851
Sheet: 14 x 9-3/4 inches

24734
$225.

"Un Article Louangeur" (A Flattering Article)
("...Read the article I wrote about your work...
I believe you will find it satisfactory.  [She reads]--
We have come to know of a volume published by 
Mme. Eulalie de Bois-Fleuri, and are proud to 
announce that France can include one more buse 
[blockhead]!...What!...But I wrote MUSE...
The printer is a crook!")
For the series Les Beaux Jours de la Vie
from LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone.
Published by Chez Aubert.
Reference: Delteil 1133
Sheet: 13-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches

5654
$100.

"Une Famille qui vient d'apprendre qu'il est 
encore question d'etablir un impot sur les chiens"
(A family who comes to find out there is still 
a tax imposed for dogs.)
For Actualities
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone.
Published by Maison Martinet
Reference: Delteil 2621
Sheet: 9-5/8 x 14-1/4 inches

5682

La Glaneuse.
"Comment Pas une epingle...pa un mouchoir!..."
(Not a hairpin...not a handkerchief!...)
Series Bohemiens de Paris
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Bauger. Printed by Aubert.
Ex-collection W. Sharp.
Sheet: 13-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches

18413
$100.

"Tu m'embêtes mon épouse!..."
(You're annoying my spouse!...)
Series: Types Parisiens
For LE CHARIVARI, 1843
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 606
Sheet: 10 x 14-3/4 inches

25894
$200.

Zaïre. "Orosmane - Le Voilà donc connu ce
secret plein d'horreur!"
(Thus, it is now known, this secret full of horror!)
Series: Physionomies Tragiques
From LE CHARIVARI, 1851
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 2182 
Sheet: 10 x 14-5/8 inches
Orosmane is a sultan who falls in love with 
a slave girl, the title character in Voltaire's Zaire.

2344
$100.

"Un cauchemar de Mimi" (Mimi's nightmare)
Series: Actualites
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1982
Sheet: 9-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches
Lightly toned. Some losses in outer margins

5343
$60.

Oedipus: "Moi-même en le percant, je sendtis
dans mon âme, Tout vainqueur que j'etais...
vous frémissez, madame!" 
(When I struck him I felt in my soul like the victor I was...Madame, you shudder!")
Series: Physionomies Tragiques
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 2184
Sheet: 10 x 14-3/4 inches

2343
$100.

"Le mari veut qu'on regarde sa couche, l'ami ne
 songe à voir que sa femme" (The husband 
went to look at her resting place, the friend 
never dreamed he would see his wife.)
Series: Les Amis
from LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1381 
Sheet: 15 x 9-3/4 inches

5676
$100.

"J'veux à boire!...-Mais puisque j'vous dis que 
j'suis épicier!" (I want a drink!...-But I already
 told you I'm drunk!)
Series: Tout ce qu'on Voudra
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1682
Sheet: 13-1/4 x 10 inches 

5663
$85.

"Oui, mon chere Monsieur..." 
(Yes, my dear Sir...)
Series: Types Parisiens
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Sheet: 9-3/4 x 12-1/4 inches

18076
$150.

"Le Puits de Grenelle" (The Well of Grenelle)
Series: Moeurs Conjugales
For LA CARICATURE, 1841
Lithograph printed sur blanc. 
Published by Chez Bauger. Initialed in stone. 
Collectors stamps in lower right margin.
Reference: Delteil 660
Sheet: 13-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches

25889
$450.

"Une Maitresse à l'Opera"
(A mistress at the opera)
Series: Le Beaux Jours de la Vie
For LE CHARIVARI, 1843
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Sheet: 12-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches

25552
$125

"Adieu, ma chère Flora"
(Goodbye, my dear Flora)
Series: Les Bas-Bleus
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1241
Sheet: 14-3/4 x 9-7/8 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

5300
$120.

"Bichette...viens donc arranger ma rosette!"
(Honey...come here and fix my tie!)
Series: Le Bas-Bleus
from LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1236
Sheet: 14-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

5303
$120.

"Inconvénient d'envoyer un mauvais tableau a l'exposition"
(The problem of sending a bad painting to an exhibition"
Series: Les Artistes
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference:Delteil 1728
Sheet: 12-3/4 x 9-7/8 inches

5660
$100.

"Voila pourtant comme nous serons demain..."
(See, this is how we will be tomorrow...it makes me shiver
just looking at these cold blooded creatures!)
Series: Croquis Aquatiques
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph printed sur blanc, 1853. Initialed in the stone. 
Published by Maison Martinet.
Reference: Delteil 2418
Ex-collection O. Gerstenberg, Lught 2785
Sheet: 10-3/8 x 13-1/2 inches

5196
$120.

"Il y a portant aujourd'hui trente et un an, monsieur Coquelet!" (Today is your 31st wedding anniversary, Mr. Coquelet!  --It's true, and this is how we shall celebrate this memorable day: by eating a tourte with godiveaux!"
Series: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1153
Sheet: 13-3/8 x 9-3/4 inches

5656
$100.

"Les maris ne sont pas ce qu'un vain peuple pense!"
(Husbands are not as useless as people think!)
Series: Les Divorceuses
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1771
Sheet: 12-1/2 x 8-5/8 inches

5686
$85.

"Le feu d'artifice" (The Fire of Artifice)
Series: Moeurs Conjugales
From LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Bauger
Reference: Delteil 656
Sheet: 15 x 9-3/8 inches

5679
$75.

"Dans l'eté ce n'est qui'ici que réellement 
je me trouve bien..." (I'm actually not well 
suited for summer here)
Series: Les Baigneuses
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 657
Sheet: 9-1/4 x 13-1/2 inches

18073
$150.

"En pleine eau" (In Open Water)
Series: Les Baigneuses
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1640
Sheet: 9-3/4 x 14-3/4 inches 

5667
$100.

"Une école de natalion, ---bassin des hommes 
raisonnables."
(A swimming lesson, --pool of reasonable men.)
Series: Croquis Aquatiques
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph published sur blanc, 1853. 
Initialed in the stone.
Published by Maison Martinet.
Reference: Delteil 2411
Ex-collection O. Gerstenberg, Lugt 2785.
Sheet: 10-3/8 x 13-1/2 inches

5194
$100.

"Qui aime Bertrand aime son chien."
(Whoever loves Bertrand, loves his dog."
Series: Proverbes et Maximes
For LE CHARIVARI, 1836
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Bauger
Reference: Delteil 811 
Sheet: 14 x 9-1/2 inches

13751
$185.

"Le Cuisinier."
(The cook.)
For LE CHARIVARI, 1840s
Lithograph, text verso.
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 265 
Sheet: 11-7/8 x 8-5/8 inches

25893
$275.

"Fameuse perruque."
(A famous wig."
Series: Galerie Physionomique
For LE CHARIVARI, 1846
Lithograph, text verso.
Mounted. Faint matburn with a few spots.
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 331 
Sheet: 12-1/8 x 9 inches

25891
$185.

"Comment! Encore une caricature sur nous, 
ce matin, dans LE CHARIVARI!"
(How can this be!  This morning there is another
caricature about us in LE CHARIVARI!)
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI, c. 1846
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Aubert & Co. 
Sheet: 11-3/8 x 8 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

18072
$175.

"C'est ta faute, ma femme"
(It's your fault, my wife)
Series: Pastorales
For LE CHARIVARI, 1843
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert 
Sheet: 12-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches

25554
$125.

"Au Revoir, Ophelia!...Ne manquez pas de venir
Mardi soir...c'est une réunion littèraire en petit comité...
nous lirons des élégies et nous ferons du bischoff! "
(Goodbye, Ophelia!...Don't forget to come next
Tuesday evening...we are having a select literary 
gathering...we shall be reading poems and making 
some punch!)
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert 
Sheet: 14-3/4 x 9-7/8 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

5310
$120.

"Je ne m'étonne plus si je ne voyais pas mon chapeau..."
(I wouldn't be more surprised if I didn't see my hat.)
Series: Quand on a du Guignon
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Sheet: 13-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches

5659
$85.

"Quand les enfants on été bien sages le papa les
mène au bain par partie de plaisir."
(When the children have been good, their father takes
them to the baths for fun.)
Series: Les Baigneurs
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Bauger
Reference: Delteil 777
Sheet: 9-7/8 x 14-3/4 inches

5652
$100.

"Un ami est un crocodile donné par la civilisation."
(A friend is a crocodile given to civilization.)
Series: Les Amis
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Deltiel 
Sheet: 14-3/4 x 9-7/8 inches

5675
$75.

"Le bas bleu déclamant sa pièce"
(A Bas-Bleu reciting her latest play: Act 6, Scene 1:...
a tiger is seen asleep in the desert. Rosalba moves
 painfully forward, dragging behind her even more 
painfully her five children and her elderly father. Rosalba 
falls at the foot of a date tree covered with coconuts and 
cries despairingly: "O heaven, when will our torment be 
at an end?!" The Audience (in a hushed voice): 
"O heaven, when will ours end too!")
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, sur blanc. Initialed in the stone
Published by Aubert & Co.
Reference: Delteil 1242
Sheet: 12-3/4 x 10 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

5294
$120.

"Eh!...Eh! ...Mais il paraît que je suis très fort! "
(Eh!...Eh!...But it appears that I am very strong!)
Series: Les Plaisirs des Champs-Elysées
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso, initialed in the stone
Published by Aubert & Co.
Sheet: 13-1/2 x 9-7/8 inches

18075
$150.

"Diable! Diable! Il parait que la rasoir n'est guère bon...
et il sera plus mauvais encore quant viendra mon tour!"
(Damn! Damn! It seems that the razor is never good...
and it will be even worse when it's my turn!)
Series: Les Bons Bourgeois
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert.
Reference: Delteil 1540
Sheet: 14-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches

5670
$120.

"Un coup de feu!"
(A gunshot!)
Series: Types Parisiens
For LE CHARIVARI, 1839
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert.
Reference: Delteil 591
Sheet: 10 x 15 inches

25895
$185.

"Un monsieur qui veut se donner la satisfaction
 d'avoir son masque."
(A gentleman who wants to give himself the 
satisfaction of having a facial.)
Series: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie
For LE CHARIVARI, 1846
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Spots in lower and right margin
Published by Chez Aubert.
Reference: Delteil 1179
Sheet: 13-1/2 x 10 inches

25896
$200.

"Nos comptes sont faciles à établir..."
(We can easily determine your account...You gave 
me 1000 copies of your anthology Sighs from my Soul
...Twenty-seven copies were distributed to the press 
and after deducting what I have sold, I find that exactly 973 of your Soul's Sighs remain in my shop!)
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso (backed with another page 
from LE CHARIVARI with lithograph). Tears in right margin.
Initialed in the stone
Published by Aubert & Co.
Reference: Delteil 1250
Sheet: 14-3/4 x 10-1/2 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

5293
$120.

"Messieurs, je viens offrir à votre journal..."
(Gentlemen, I have come to offer you a serial novel, 
which I am sure will suit your newspaper perfectly! It is 
titled Eloa, or Eight Days of Inner Happiness...The first 
part will make up some ten to twelve volumes...in the 
style of Eugène Sue!...But Madame, you alarm me...at 
that rate your eight days will last three years!)
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, sur blanc. Initialed in the stone
Published by Aubert & Co.
Reference: Delteil 1226
Sheet: 12-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

5295
$120.

"Tiens, c'est madame Camuzot...dans le premier 
moment j'avais cru que c'était une Nèréide!"
(Look, it's Mrs. Camuzot...At first I thought it 
was a Nereid!)
Series: Croquis Aquatiques
For LE CHARIVARI, 1853
Lithograph, sur blanc. Initialed in the stone
Published by Maison Martinet
Reference: Delteil 2415
Sheet: 10-3/8 x 13-1/2 inches
A Nereid is a sea nymph, one of the 50 daughters of 
Nereus who are often found accompanying Poseidon in 
Greek mythology.

5190
$120.

"Andromaque: J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille entière..." (Andromache: "I saw my whole family cut up and my husband dragged off bleeding in the dust!)
Series: Physionomies Tragiques
For LE CHARIVARI, 1851
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 2180
Sheet: 10-1/4 x 14-5/8 inches
In Greek Mythology, Andromache was the wife of Hector, 
who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War. He is the title 
character of a classic French play by Jean Racine.

2341
$100.

"Des papillons!!! Cela me rappelle ma jeunesse!..." (Butterflies!!! They remind me of my youth! Monsieur Prudhomme, will you please be quiet in front of your son!)
Series: Actualités  
for LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso.
Initialed in the stone.
Published by Maison Martinet
Reference: Delteil 2757
9-5/8 x 12-7/8 inches

5680
$100.

"D'ou arrives-tu? Dans un état pareil!"
(Where are you arriving from in such a state?)
Series: Actualités
for LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone.
Published by Maison Martinet
Reference: Deltiel 2545
Light allover toning
Sheet: 9-3/4 x 13 inches

5345
$75.

"Conducteur! Conducteur!...Arrêtez, au nom
du ciel! J'ai la colique!..." (Conductor! Conductor! 
Stop, in the name of heaven! I'm sick!)
Series: Les Chemins de Fer  
for LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone.
Published by Chez Pannier
Centerfold.
Reference: Deltiel 1054
Sheet: 10 x 14-3/4 inches

5647
$75.

"Un locataire qui doit trois termes." 
(A tenant who has three leases.)
Series: Locataires et Propriètaires
for LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone.
Published by Chez Aubert
Centerfold
Sheet: 13-1/2 x 10-1/8 inches

18077
$125.

"C'est singulier...je ne peux pas deviner le rebus du 
Charivari d'aujourd'hui!" (It's odd...I can't figure out 
today's puzzle in Le Charivari!)
Series: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in stone.
Published by Chez Aubert.
Reference: Deltiel 1126
Sheet: 13-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches

5653
$100.

"Athalie: Aux petits des oiseaux il donne la pâture..."
(Athalie: "He gives food to the baby birds and his 
goodness spreads over all of nature!")
Series: Physionomies Tragiques
For LE CHARIVARI, 1851
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Centerfold
Reference: Delteil 2179
Sheet: 10-1/8 x 14-3/4 inches
Athalie is the title character of a 1691 play by Jean Racine.

2340
$75.

"Athalie: Mais je n'ai plus trouvé qu'un horrible mèlange..." (Athalie: "But I found nothing except a horrible mixture of bone and flesh bruised and dragged through the mire...!")
Series: Physionomies Tragiques
For LE CHARIVARI, 1851
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 2177
Sheet: 10-1/4 x 14-5/8 inches
Athalie is the title character of a 1691 play by Jean Racine.

2338
$100.

"Inconvénient d'être trop sentimental et d'aimer 
à aller se promener au clair de lune."
(The drawback of being too sentimental and liking 
to take walks in the moonlight.)
Series: Tout ce qu'on Voudra
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 1696
Sheet: 12-1/2 x 9-5/8 inches

5662
$100.

"Un premier voyage en chemin de fer. "
(First trainride.)
Series: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie
For LE CHARIVARI, 1846
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Chez Aubert
Reference: Delteil 74
Minor soiling at edges of sheet
Sheet: 11 x 8-3/4 inches

20938
$125.

"C'est bien ici qu'il m'avait donné rendez-vous entre..."
(It's good that he had me meet him between the 4th and 
5th wave. It's surprising that he's making me wait like this!)
Series: Croquis Aquatiques
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph printed sur blanc, 1853. Initialed in stone.
Published by Maison Martinet.
Reference: Deltiel 2421
Ex-collection O. Gerstenberg, Lugt 2785.
Sheet: 10-1/4 x 13-1/2 inches

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"Dis donc Bichette...à quoi songes-tu don de te promener comme ça la nuit?" (Honey...why are you wandering about at this time of night?...Are you sleepwalking or do you have a stomach ache? 
--No, I'm trying to work out a new way of killing a husband, and I'm not coming back to bed until I've found one! I need it to finish my novel. 
--Gosh I hope she doesn't try it out on me!)
Series: Les Bas Bleus
For LE CHARIVARI
Lithograph, text verso. Initialed in the stone
Published by Aubert & Co.
Reference: Delteil 1225
Sheet: 14-7/8 x 9-3/4 inches
Tear into text in lower margin.
The "Bas-Bleus" or Bluestockings, refers to the 
"liberated" French Women's movement, exemplified 
by the lifestyle of Novelist George Sand (1804-1876)

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