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An Abuse of Trust by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

An Abuse of Trust

An Abuse of Trust

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1842

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

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french

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A humanist woman of letters abandoning herself to the cerebral philosophic reflections on the subject of man!, plate 15 from Les Bas-Bleus

A humanist woman of letters abandoning herself to the cerebral philosophic reflections on the subject of man!, plate 15 from Les Bas-Bleus

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

“Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois

“Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

“- 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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

Embarcation of a Lady. “Get in without fear Miss Josephine....You don't have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen... they are all Frrrrrench.... we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn't get the authorization from the Government!...,” plate 15 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Embarcation of a Lady. “Get in without fear Miss Josephine....You don't have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen... they are all Frrrrrench.... we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn't get the authorization from the Government!...,” plate 15 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

- Taken by her operetta part, Madame de St. Chalumeau is shouting so loud that she does not notice the bellowing of her child, plate 13 from Les Comédiens De Société

- Taken by her operetta part, Madame de St. Chalumeau is shouting so loud that she does not notice the bellowing of her child, plate 13 from Les Comédiens De Société

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

"How can they find it amusing to rest..."

"How can they find it amusing to rest..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1850

“- I would have so much loved to make him a butcher too... now I am forced to make him a lawyer,” plate 467 from Actualités

“- I would have so much loved to make him a butcher too... now I am forced to make him a lawyer,” plate 467 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

"Oh, Monsieur, what talent your daughter has... What talent! What talent!

"Oh, Monsieur, what talent your daughter has... What talent! What talent!

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1852

"Missus Bonneau...I love Missus Bonneau myself!"

"Missus Bonneau...I love Missus Bonneau myself!"

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The inconvenience of leaving the train even only for a moment and for any pretext whatsoever, plate 29 from Les Bons Bourgeois

The inconvenience of leaving the train even only for a moment and for any pretext whatsoever, plate 29 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

"Here are your New Year's presents, don't break them..."

"Here are your New Year's presents, don't break them..."

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Mr. D'argo .., plate 292 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Mr. D'argo .., plate 292 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1833