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The Passage of the Influential Critic by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

The Passage of the Influential Critic

The Passage of the Influential Critic

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1865

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

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french

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The One-Man Political Band

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"Where are we going, where are we going?"

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The Restaurant at the Exhibition. “- No clients at all… aren't these people hungry? - I guess that the hungry ones are eating the snacks they were offered,” plate 3 from Le Salon De 1857

The Restaurant at the Exhibition. “- No clients at all… aren't these people hungry? - I guess that the hungry ones are eating the snacks they were offered,” plate 3 from Le Salon De 1857

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The pupils of the Institute Pascareau are trying their new school uniform which makes them look a little like the great Napoleon and a lot like little newspaper boys, plate 25 from Professeurs Et Moutards

The pupils of the Institute Pascareau are trying their new school uniform which makes them look a little like the great Napoleon and a lot like little newspaper boys, plate 25 from Professeurs Et Moutards

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“- 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

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Black and White

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"This Mr. Courbet does much too vulgar figures, there's no one in nature as ugly as that!"

"This Mr. Courbet does much too vulgar figures, there's no one in nature as ugly as that!"

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"Peekaboo! There it is again!"

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The First Piece at a Café Concert...

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Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians are taking all necessary precautions, even at mid-day, plate 385 from Actualités

Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians are taking all necessary precautions, even at mid-day, plate 385 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

The Illustrated Rebus. “- Singular! I cannot guess the rebus in today's Charivari! - I think I have one word - I have several words - I have it all! I must run and tell my wife,” plate 39 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

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