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"How can they find it amusing to rest..." by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

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

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

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1850

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

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french

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"Six degrees below freezing..."

"Six degrees below freezing..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

(He is reading a letter) “A date, could it be from the cute Mme Giraud?? Yes, but it could also come from her husband who wants to pinch me…,” plate 8 from Coquetterie

(He is reading a letter) “A date, could it be from the cute Mme Giraud?? Yes, but it could also come from her husband who wants to pinch me…,” plate 8 from Coquetterie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1840

"I see something moving at the top of this tree... it couldn't be that our rabbit has climbed up there..."

"I see something moving at the top of this tree... it couldn't be that our rabbit has climbed up there..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1855

Primo Saignare, Deinde Purgare . . .

Primo Saignare, Deinde Purgare . . .

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“I don't want to go into such a deep water...... there are surely big fish in there!,” plate 1 from Enfantillages

“I don't want to go into such a deep water...... there are surely big fish in there!,” plate 1 from Enfantillages

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

“- Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

“- Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1864

“Eleven degrees centigrade! Look at how it makes you look! And this is called the year of grace!,” plate 1 from Vulgarités

“Eleven degrees centigrade! Look at how it makes you look! And this is called the year of grace!,” plate 1 from Vulgarités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1841

Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly.” Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions nautiques

Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly.” Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions nautiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

Un Guerrier Electrisé

Un Guerrier Electrisé

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

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“- Listen... I saw a hare over there... - Was that a long time ago? - Not at all... it was less than three months ago...,” plate 2 from Croquis De Chasse

“- Listen... I saw a hare over there... - Was that a long time ago? - Not at all... it was less than three months ago...,” plate 2 from Croquis De Chasse

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

What funny soldiers, they only seem interested in fighting is the sun...

What funny soldiers, they only seem interested in fighting is the sun...

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859