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Pretending to Appreciate Good Comedy by Honoré Daumier — VisualArtsDB

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Pretending to Appreciate Good Comedy

Pretending to Appreciate Good Comedy

Pretending to Appreciate Good Comedy

Honoré Daumier

1852

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

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french

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"Ah! He thinks he's going to prevent me from communicating with our eight-hundred brothers at the barricade..."

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“- Sir, you who are so good, can't you get me small position?.... I am able to furnish you the best references on my honesty.... - You have always remained honest?... But in that case, my worthy man, why the devil have you come to me? You ought to know that I concentrate all my business and all my charities on this highly interesting class of freed convicts! Why don't you go and steal something or at least kill a bit... and once you are out of Toulon-prison, come and see me... I'll be delighted to offer you a helping hand!,” plate 19 from Les Philantropes Du Jour

“- Sir, you who are so good, can't you get me small position?.... I am able to furnish you the best references on my honesty.... - You have always remained honest?... But in that case, my worthy man, why the devil have you come to me? You ought to know that I concentrate all my business and all my charities on this highly interesting class of freed convicts! Why don't you go and steal something or at least kill a bit... and once you are out of Toulon-prison, come and see me... I'll be delighted to offer you a helping hand!,” plate 19 from Les Philantropes Du Jour

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Ferdinand Flocon

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The Displeasure of a Sculpture Placed in the Middle of an Exhibition of Paintings, plate 5 from Salon De 1857

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“- Oh, here you are..... what do you have there?..... - Let's not talk about it.... we are having guests, and I just did my shopping,” plate 6 from Types Parisiens

“- Oh, here you are..... what do you have there?..... - Let's not talk about it.... we are having guests, and I just did my shopping,” plate 6 from Types Parisiens

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Y n'y a rien comm' ça pour le rhume...

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