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A Difficult Passage by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

A Difficult Passage

A Difficult Passage

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1852

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

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french

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“- Oysters at 25 sous a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 sous to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense,” plate 18 from Actualités

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"- You are not having your bottle of beer with us this evening... I can tell you are having a private dinner party today, you scoundrel...," plate 81 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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“- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse

“- Inspite of all their assertions that their guns are only loaded with small shots, it is nonetheless annoying to be aimed at the head like this for three consecutive hours... I tremble at the thought that they might dream of an encounter with a rabbit...,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse

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This is What Nowadays is Called a Light Work. “- My God, what's this!.... an encyclopaedia? “- No sir.... it is the novel 'the mysteries of Paris' that Madame bought at the bookshop of our Master. We will bring you the rest of the oeuvre as soon as it appears,” This is What the Royal Printer is Sending Us. “- What! I was told I would get some light documentation about the question in question. - That's right, monsieur, we'll bring you the rest right away,” plate 13 from Revue Caricaturale

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What the devil could he really have in this thicket? ...Maybe it's a tiger?...

What the devil could he really have in this thicket? ...Maybe it's a tiger?...

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"Hey there, that's a dirty trick!...They say they're definitely going to withdraw the divorce law!"

"Hey there, that's a dirty trick!...They say they're definitely going to withdraw the divorce law!"

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Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843