“He has become a Laaaand-Looooord!,” plate 18 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Le Bien. Le Mal. 18

Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

“- Isn't he cute like that, Dodore... with a little bit of cleaning up, he is just not the same child any more!...,” plate 37 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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“I am living a little high up... but at least I am enjoying a beautiful view,” plate 8 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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“- Here, my wife, is my daguerreotype portrait which I brought back for you from Paris... - Why didn't you have mine done while you were there... get lost, you egotist!,” plate 28 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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18. / Mes chers parents ; ça va bien, mon mètre m'a déjà fai saigner cet semaine [...]

Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

“- How do you find this saint there.... I tried to not make him look too conventional.... The bourgeois: - I quite agree, a Saint never should look short winded,” plate 80 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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“- Isn't it marvellous to have a son who is a lawyer... what an honour for the family... Adolph, I want you to remain dressed like that all day long!...,” plate 21 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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Meanwhile They Keep on Insisting that She Has Never Been Better, plate 183 from Actualités

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The Bourgeois and His Tailor, plate 5 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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“Come on in, Monsieur, don't be shy. It's a living picture.... just like (you'd see) at the Porte St. Martin,” plate 62 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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“- Tell me, my good man, is this the buffet?... it looks quite appetizing to me, I wouldn't mind having something....,” plate 19 from L'exposition Universelle

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