The Inconvenience of Having His Hair Curled. “Oh blast.... look here, watch out... you are burning me.... I am meeting someone, and I want you to make me look good....... but in order to declare my burning passion, I don't need to smell scorched!,” plate 31 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

An Exaggerated Rejuvenation. “Just two or three sessions with me, Monsieur, and anyone who still claims to find a grey hair on you, is a malicious person.” As a matter of fact, since the end of the second session, Monsieur's head looks as shiny as that of a newborn baby, plate 52 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

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The Actor: “- It's obvious that it is hot out there... only three spectators in the audience... should we really start?” The Director: “- And one of them is the refreshments vendor ... quickly raise the curtain before he has a chance to leave,” plate 1 from Paris L'été

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A Return of Youth. “Yell as much as you like, you little devil you.... my wife isn't home.... tear out my hair to your heart's content!,” plate 50 from Les beaux Jours de la vie

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“- Alright, alright, I'm coming - one would think the house was on fire! - Enough about your fire!... I'm freezing. For two hours I've been pounding on the door. -(aside) that will teach you next time, not to give a tip!,” plate 32 from Émotions Parisiens

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The Terrible Director. “- Indeed! You are telling me that you missed today's rehearsal because you had to set leeches onto your mother? - Yes sir. - But, when you first came here three months ago, you told me that you were an orphan. This is the first time in my long career at the theater that I have met a person who sets leeches on the body of a dead person,” plate 5 from Les Moments Difficiles De La Vie

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Scènes de Moeurs: Voulez-vous me permettre d'allumer mon brule-gueule?

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Pleasures of Fishing. “- You are always in such a rush - Good God, we only just got here at noon and it is now only a quarter past five - Just give me a little more time, I am sure I'll end by catching one,” plate 50 from Moeurs Conjugales

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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

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Exploiting friendship. “My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would like them to taste our champagne, we'll laugh... wait a minute! I've an idea. What if we went to the wood? We could take your barouche and you could lend us some clothes as we only came to pay a simple visite... In the meantime, why don't you give us some cards and some Napoleons to pass the time. Eh? My good Alphonse, dear chap. How about it?,” plate 58 from Caricaturana

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La Passion sur cuivre : L'Homme de Douleur debout à la colonne (Bartsch 3)

Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris

Friendship With a Great Chemist is Not Always a Godsend… “I am so sure of my findings that I will now poison my best friend, Mr. Coquardeau, and I will retrieve arsenic in his eyeglasses,” plate 39 from Émotions Parisiennes

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“- Brrrr! I am furious that I came here to hunt in the St. Denis-Plain. It's just too cold!… - One of those days when you would love to catch a bear. His fur would be more than welcome right now!,” plate 3 from Croquis De Chasse

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