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La Paix—Quels drôles de miroirs on fait aujourd’hui! [Peace: What strange mirrors they make nowadays.] from the series Actualités, number 219, published in Le Charivari
La Paix—Quels drôles de miroirs on fait aujourd’hui! [Peace: What strange mirrors they make nowadays.] from the series Actualités, number 219, published in Le Charivari

La Paix—Quels drôles de miroirs on fait aujourd’hui!
[Peace: What strange mirrors they make nowadays.]
from the series Actualités, number 219, published in Le Charivari

Artist (French, 1808–1879)
Datepublished October 17, 1868
Period19th century
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsImage size: 11 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches
Credit Lineunknown
Object number0.124
Curatorial DepartmentEuropean Art (pre 1900)
_Place of OriginFrance
Entre la guerre et la paix. [Between war and peace.] From the series Actualités, number 256, published in Le Charivari
Entre la guerre et la paix.
[Between war and peace.]
From the series Actualités, number 256, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published December 29, 1855
Object number: 1981.021
I don’t want to retire tomorrow. I enjoy what I'm doing in junior college mathematics. Today’s students aren’t as dedicated as they used to be. Life is more complex and there are more distractions. Nowadays a lot of my students are housewives. They don't have any goals; the just want to learn. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California from the series Working
I don’t want to retire tomorrow. I enjoy what I'm doing in junior college mathematics. Today’s students aren’t as dedicated as they used to be. Life is more complex and there are more distractions. Nowadays a lot of my students are housewives. They don't have any goals; the just want to learn. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California from the series Working
Bill Owens
1976
Object number: 2017.350
Ceci vous représente un grand combat qu’on peut croire commandé par le Général Croque Betterave! qui n’entrera pas au Musée historique de Versailles, et qui doit servir de pendant à la Bataille de Cannes. [This is a representation of a great battle commanded by General Sugar cracker (beetroot). It will probably not make its way into history (will not enter the Historical Museum of Versailles) but one can already see a certain similarity to the battle of Cannes.] from the series Actualités, number 4, published in Le Charivari
Ceci vous représente un grand combat qu’on peut croire commandé par le Général Croque Betterave! qui n’entrera pas au Musée historique de Versailles, et qui doit servir de pendant à la Bataille de Cannes.
[This is a representation of a great battle commanded by General Sugar cracker (beetroot). It will probably not make its way into history (will not enter the Historical Museum of Versailles) but one can already see a certain similarity to the battle of Cannes.]
from the series Actualités, number 4, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published September 20, 1839
Object number: 1981.023
Ce qui adviendrait si l’on voulait tenter de nouveau le passage du Rubicon. [What would happen if one desired to attempt a new crossing of the Rubicon.] from the series Actualités, number 255, published in Le Charivari
Ce qui adviendrait si l’on voulait tenter de nouveau le passage du Rubicon.
[What would happen if one desired to attempt a new crossing of the Rubicon.]
from the series Actualités, number 255, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published November 22, 1851
Object number: 1971.004
. . . qu'est la femme aujourd'hui dans société, rien! que doit-elle être? tout . . . oui, tout, tout! . . . . –Ah! bravo, bravo, c’est encoré plus beau que le discours de Jeanne Derouin! [What is woman in today's society? Nothing! What should the meaning be? Everything, yes everything, everything . . . Ah! Bravo, bravo, this speech is even better than the last one Jeanne Derouin gave!] from the series Les Femmes Socialistes, No 6, published in Le Charivari
. . . qu'est la femme aujourd'hui dans société, rien! que doit-elle être? tout . . . oui, tout, tout! . . . . –Ah! bravo, bravo, c’est encoré plus beau que le discours de Jeanne Derouin! [What is woman in today's society? Nothing! What should the meaning be? Everything, yes everything, everything . . . Ah! Bravo, bravo, this speech is even better than the last one Jeanne Derouin gave!]
from the series Les Femmes Socialistes, No 6, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published May 17, 1849
Object number: 2014.179
–Comment, Madeleine, avez-vous accepté un morceau pareil?…. –Madame, le boucher m’a dit comme ça que le commerce de la boucherie allait être libre et que c’est pourquoi qu’y commençait par prendre la liberté de m’donner c’morceau-là!……. [-Madeleine, how could you ever accept a piece of meat like this one?… -Madame, the butcher told me that the meat commerce will be free, therefore he took the liberty of giving me this piece!…] from the series Actualités, number 463, published in Le Charivari
–Comment, Madeleine, avez-vous accepté un morceau pareil?….
–Madame, le boucher m’a dit comme ça que le commerce de la boucherie allait être libre et que c’est pourquoi qu’y commençait par prendre la liberté de m’donner c’morceau-là!…….
[-Madeleine, how could you ever accept a piece of meat like this one?…
-Madame, the butcher told me that the meat commerce will be free, therefore he took the liberty of giving me this piece!…]
from the series Actualités, number 463, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published November 30, 1857
Object number: 1968.010
Précaution indispensable que prennent les Parisiens lorsqu’ils sortent de chez eux, même en plein midi depuis qu’ils on appris par Mr. Babinet que le soleil pouvait s’éteindre d’un moment a l’autre. [Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians have all been taking all the necessary precautions, even at mid-day.] from the series Actualités, number 385, published in Le Charivari
Précaution indispensable que prennent les Parisiens lorsqu’ils sortent de chez eux, même en plein midi depuis qu’ils on appris par Mr. Babinet que le soleil pouvait s’éteindre d’un moment a l’autre. [Ever since Mr. Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear from one moment to the next, the Parisians have all been taking all the necessary precautions, even at mid-day.]
from the series Actualités, number 385, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published April 10, 1857
Object number: 1968.012
Ça ne mord plus! [They don’t bite anymore.] From the series Actualités, number 51, published in Le Charivari
Ça ne mord plus!
[They don’t bite anymore.]
From the series Actualités, number 51, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published March 13, 1868
Object number: 1968.013
Le peuple juge les coups. [The People will judge the blows.] from the series Actualités, number 252, published in Le Charivari
Le peuple juge les coups.
[The People will judge the blows.]
from the series Actualités, number 252, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published November 18, 1851
Object number: 1981.009
La Nouvelle Assomption. Édition de 1870. [The New Assumption, 1870 edition.] from Actualités, number 109, published in Le Charivari
La Nouvelle Assomption. Édition de 1870.
[The New Assumption, 1870 edition.]
from Actualités, number 109, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
May 18, 1870
Object number: 1981.011
Membres de la société de secours du dix Décembre, dans l’exercice de leurs philantropiques fonctions. [Members of the Charitable Society of December 10 demonstrating their philanthropic activities.] from the series Actualités, number 2, published in Le Charivari
Membres de la société de secours du dix Décembre, dans l’exercice de leurs philantropiques fonctions.
[Members of the Charitable Society of December 10 demonstrating their philanthropic activities.]
from the series Actualités, number 2, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published October 1, 1850
Object number: 1981.016
Une lauréate en 1868. Premier prix de Chassepotisme. [A prize winner in 1868. First prize for Chassepot guns.] from Actualités, number 187, published in Le Charivari
Une lauréate en 1868. Premier prix de Chassepotisme.
[A prize winner in 1868. First prize for Chassepot guns.]
from Actualités, number 187, published in Le Charivari
Honoré Daumier
published September 1, 1868
Object number: 1981.024