“- 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

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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“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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“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques

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“- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...,” plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques

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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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Le danseur qui se pique d'avoir. . . (Croquis Dramatiques), from Le Charivari

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A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

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Proposal for improvement for the theatres in Paris, which will not fail to have its effect during the dog days, plate 4 from Croquis d’Été

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“- 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

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"- How are you feeling today, Mr. Chapolard? - Madame Pochet, a concierge who knows how to behave, should address her landlord only in the third person. - How can I talk to you in the third person, since you are the first person I am seeing this morning," plate 11 from Croquis Parisiens

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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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A dancer who claims to have preserved the great tradition of VESTRI, plate 12 from Croquis Dramatiques

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