Honoré Daumier
Born 1808 in Marseille, France; died 1879 in Valmondois, France
From Wikipedia:
Honoré-Victorin Daumier; February 26, 1808–February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. He earned a living producing caricatures and cartoons in newspapers and periodicals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still remembered today. He was a republican democrat (working class liberal), who satirized and lampooned the monarchy, politicians, the judiciary, lawyers, the bourgeoisie, as well as his countrymen and human nature in general.
![–N’faites pas attention m’situ . . . . . . c’est vot’bière que j’vous sers! . . . . .
[–Don’t pay attention, Sir . . . . I am only serving you beer!]
from the series Quand on a du Guignon [Out of Luck], number 4, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5061/thumbnail)
![–Saprelotte . . . . . complet! . . . . . [Blast! It is Full!]
from the series Quand on a du Guignon [Out of Luck], number 5, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5062/thumbnail)
![Un français peint par lui-même. [Self-Portrait of a Frenchman]
from the series Scènes d’Ateliers, number 2, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5063/thumbnail)
![Manière polie de mettre un bourgeois à la porte d’un atelier, lui jouer quarante sept fois de suite l’air de la Monaco.
[A polite way of showing a citizen to the studio door by playing him the air from the Monaco suite forty-seven times.]
from the series Scènes d’Ateliers, number 3, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5064/thumbnail)
![A 30 ans. –A 60 ans. [30 years old. 60 years old.]
from the series Doubles Faces, number 6, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5035/thumbnail)
![Citoyennes…… on fait courir le bruit que le divorce est sur le point de nous être refusé….. constituons nous ici en permanence et déclarons que la patrie est en danger!……
[Ladies… there is a rumor that we will soon be refused the law allowing divorce… Let us unite and declare a state of emergency for the nation!]
from the series Les Divorceuses [Ladies for the Right of Divorce], number 1, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5036/thumbnail)
![Toast porté à l'émancipation des femmes par des femmes déjà furieusement émancipées
[ A toast to women's liberation by some already seriously liberated women]
from the series Les Divorceuses [Ladies for the Right of Divorce], number 5, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5037/thumbnail)
![L'insurrection contre les maris est proclamée le plus saint des devoir! [ Insurrection against husbands is proclaimed as being the first and holiest duty in life!]
from the series Les Femmes Socialistes, No.1, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5038/thumbnail)
![. . . 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](/internal/media/dispatcher/5039/thumbnail)
![–Ah! vous êtes mon mari, ah! vous êtes le maître… eh! bien moi, j’ai le droit de vous flanquer à la porte de chez vous….. Jeanne Derouin me l’a prouvé hier soir!… allez vous expliquer avec elle!….
[You may be my husband and the master of the house, but Jeanne Derouin confirmed to me yesterday that I can throw you out any time. If you want to, go and discuss it with her!]
from the series Les Femmes Socialistes, number 7, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5040/thumbnail)
![–“Adieu!…. Adieu!… à la Grâce de Dieu… Adieu… Adieu!… etc.” -Sacrrristi!… est-ce que vous vous moquez de monde?… v’là deux heures que vous me criez Adieu…, mais fichez-moi donc le camp une bonne fois pour toutes!…. sacrrristi.
[–Farewell! Farewell! in the name of God, Farewell! Farewell! –Would you stop this? You cannot be serious. For the last two hours you have been shouting farewell… why don’t you finally go?], from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 1, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5041/thumbnail)
![–“Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton….” –Vous tairez-vous! Ma femme a la migraine. –Lisez donc un drame en cinq actes avec un orchestre pareil. –Finissez vous mon petit à la colique. A la garde! “Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……”
[–Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton…. –Be quiet, my wife has a headache! –Why don’t you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! –Stop it… my little one is getting the colic! – Ton, ton, ton taine, ton, ton……]
from the series Les Musiciens de Paris, number 2, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5042/thumbnail)