“- Yep... this is what I call a shplendid job.... and for just five sous per pound.. you reaaalllly get your money's worth!,” plate 7 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

“- 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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“What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!...,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

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“- Incredible... but we now have to give the exact weight! - and we can no longer sell bones for meat - and wine really has to be wine! - all together now: It's DISGUSTING!,” plate 4 from Croquis Parisiens

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“- Mr. Colimard, if you don't stop immediately ogling the dancers in such an unseemly manner, I will take you home before the end of the performance!,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

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“- Just 15 cents for a full bath.... what a deal!,” plate 12 from Croquis Parisiens

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“- Oh blast! .... it's again my own dog that I shot..... that's the third one in two years.... I'm really not very lucky at hunting!,” plate 6 from Croquis D'automne par Daumier

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"Would Monsieur like some crêpes?.. - He must have been an undertaker," plate five from Croquis Parisiens (Parisian Sketches)

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At The Bar. Meeting point for the true lovers of French sculpture and Bavarian beer, plate 5 from Croquis pris à l'exposition

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“- 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

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Looking at the Painting of Manet. “- Why the devil is this fat, red-faced woman in her nightdress called Olympia? - But my dear, perhaps that's the name of the black cat," plate 9 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

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A Misapprehension at the Odeon, on a Day of Drama. “- Come on, come on let's go! - I am telling you it's not finished. The curtain has gone up again and there is still Roman on the stage,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

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“- Citizen, you owe me another five sous for your luggage, and I am even generous because if I wanted to I could count your wife as a second piece of luggage,” plate 457 from Actualités

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