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“I'm guarding city hall" by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

“I'm guarding city hall"

“I'm guarding city hall"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1822

Medium: Lithograph in black, with hand-coloring on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 26.7 × 21 cm (10 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph

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Miss Etienne-Mona-Lisa-Cunégonde-Silly Goose of the Constitutionnel, indignate, choking and over-ornate at the performance of Anthony in which the mischievous Dumas had the indecency of scoffing at the noble family Silly Goose of the Constitutionnel..., plate 385

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857

The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

Quite embarrassing not to remember where one has hidden the wolf traps, plate 44 from Pastorales

Quite embarrassing not to remember where one has hidden the wolf traps, plate 44 from Pastorales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thought I had seen it over there... but then it was just the fire from a chimney... this time we got off with no more than a fright,” plate 3 from La Cométe De 1857

“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thought I had seen it over there... but then it was just the fire from a chimney... this time we got off with no more than a fright,” plate 3 from La Cométe De 1857

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"- Can you see the comet?... just there, at the tip of my finger ... don't lose sight of my finger tip!," plate 5 from La Comète De 1857

"- Can you see the comet?... just there, at the tip of my finger ... don't lose sight of my finger tip!," plate 5 from La Comète De 1857

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

“- Mr. Colimard, if you don't stop immediately ogling the dancers in such an unseemly manner, I will take you home before the end of the performance!,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

“- Mr. Colimard, if you don't stop immediately ogling the dancers in such an unseemly manner, I will take you home before the end of the performance!,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1864

Apelles and Campaste. Aware that Apelles was wasting away with love Alexander gave him Campeste and above the first art deal ever now was struck girlfriend against sculpture, oh what luck! (From Art and the Antique, a poetic essay by M. Cavé), plate 36(37) from Histoire Ancienne

Apelles and Campaste. Aware that Apelles was wasting away with love Alexander gave him Campeste and above the first art deal ever now was struck girlfriend against sculpture, oh what luck! (From Art and the Antique, a poetic essay by M. Cavé), plate 36(37) from Histoire Ancienne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1842

Paid By the Minute. “- Driver, you are hardly moving! - Driver, you are not moving at all!,” plate 447 from Actualités

Paid By the Minute. “- Driver, you are hardly moving! - Driver, you are not moving at all!,” plate 447 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales

The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1841

The Comedian of the Group, plate 13 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

The Comedian of the Group, plate 13 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

Very humble, very obedient, very submissive, and most of all, very voracious subjects, plate 136

Very humble, very obedient, very submissive, and most of all, very voracious subjects, plate 136

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1832