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"Sir, it's a three-penny letter..." by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

"Sir, it's a three-penny letter..."

"Sir, it's a three-penny letter..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1848

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

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Mlle. Étienne-Joconde-Cunégonde Bécassine de Constitutionnel . . .

Mlle. Étienne-Joconde-Cunégonde Bécassine de Constitutionnel . . .

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

They are going to be trapped, these Europeans!...they have canons that are terrible because they are striped with grooves,... I have the excellent idea of striping with grooves all my soldiers!...

They are going to be trapped, these Europeans!...they have canons that are terrible because they are striped with grooves,... I have the excellent idea of striping with grooves all my soldiers!...

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

“- Just look at that! the train that's about to pass is lucky to have a narrow escape.... the whole affair would have blown up if I hadn't noticed in time... - What is it then, what is it? - Why, it's obvious, a needle has been placed right on the rail... luckily I saw it in just in time!,” plate 1 from Les Chemins De Fer

“- Just look at that! the train that's about to pass is lucky to have a narrow escape.... the whole affair would have blown up if I hadn't noticed in time... - What is it then, what is it? - Why, it's obvious, a needle has been placed right on the rail... luckily I saw it in just in time!,” plate 1 from Les Chemins De Fer

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

“- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,” plate 1 from Croquis D'automne

“- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,” plate 1 from Croquis D'automne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

The Opening of the Hunt

The Opening of the Hunt

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

“- Are you coming to announce victory?... hurry up and give me the details!....,” plate 77 from Actualités

“- Are you coming to announce victory?... hurry up and give me the details!....,” plate 77 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

"These sirs are going to town for dinner . . ."

"These sirs are going to town for dinner . . ."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Entrance to a Big Railway Tunnel

The Entrance to a Big Railway Tunnel

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne

Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

Andromache. “- Our family 's destiny was pitiless death, my husband was tortured to the end of his breath,” plate 6 from Physionomies Tragiques

Andromache. “- Our family 's destiny was pitiless death, my husband was tortured to the end of his breath,” plate 6 from Physionomies Tragiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1851

"Again My Creditors, Always . . ."

"Again My Creditors, Always . . ."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1841

Crushed Lafayette!... Trapped, Old Fellow!, plate 22 from L’Association mensuelle

Crushed Lafayette!... Trapped, Old Fellow!, plate 22 from L’Association mensuelle

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834