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Mom isn't here because you returned before five o'clock . . . by Paul Gavarni — VisualArtsDB

Mom isn't here because you returned before five o'clock . . .

Mom isn't here because you returned before five o'clock . . .

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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french

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Carnaval

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Without even counting the times there wasn't a thing at our house to put in the oven ... and Monsieur wears an overcoat of doubly thick cloth. Good lord! An overcoat of doubly thick cloth!, p. 53.

Without even counting the times there wasn't a thing at our house to put in the oven ... and Monsieur wears an overcoat of doubly thick cloth. Good lord! An overcoat of doubly thick cloth!, p. 53.

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Avancez-moi, donc cent sous m'man. . .

Avancez-moi, donc cent sous m'man. . .

Paul Gavarni, 1838

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The husband of Mademoiselle Cicada., p. 49

The husband of Mademoiselle Cicada., p. 49

Paul Gavarni, 1852

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Paul Gavarni, 1824

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Au Coin de la Borne

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Boy, the prophet said . . .

Boy, the prophet said . . .

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In your place I would reproach him with all my injustices ... and that would be the end!, p. 127

In your place I would reproach him with all my injustices ... and that would be the end!, p. 127

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