Letters from My Windmill:The Diligence of Beaucaire

Plate 25: Robert Macaire, the genteel beggar, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Candidate. “Who do you want?... An upright, conscientious, sober man, an industrialist, a man who doesn't need the government to enrich himself, a man familiar with the law, who knows it well, through practice, very long practice... a long practice of law... you can't choose any better than... my honorable friend,” plate 48 from Caricaturana

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When the Devil Grew Old He Became a Hermit, plate 476

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Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - About time... I urgently need a new pair of boots,” plate 6 from Robert Macaire

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“- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités

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Un Cauchemar de Mr. de Bismark. Merci! (Actualités), from Le Charivari

Minneapolis Institute of Art

“- What a fortunate encounter! It's my dear Stanislaus whom I haven't seen since we were in the sixth class together at Landernau.... in these times we used to share everything.... Things should be the same again, could you lend me 20 or 25 Francs?,” plate 2 from Les Amis

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In Tangiers. “- Sublime Majesty... the Spanish are coming... in order to frighten them off I took the liberty to fully open your umbrella as a sign of your greatness! - Leave me alone with my umbrella, Belboul.... I would rather like to have an umbrella protecting me from their bullets,” plate 115 from Actualités

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“- Times are difficult; this year we must learn to be more modest... - Don't tell me, my dear Ducorneau.... as far as I am concerned, every time I go to the theatre I now deny myself the company of my wife....,” plate 2 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

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Berglandschap met watermolen nabij Trier

Rijksmuseum

“- Madame Prudhomme, let's not hurry, let's recall that dignity should preside over all acts of life... dignity alone distinguishes man from the rest of the animals,” plate 2 from Croquis Aquatiques

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Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse Du Barry, and her servant Zamor

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