The middle-of-the-road political policy is well, but business is poor

NEWS 299: POOR FRANCE!... THE TRUNK IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, BUT THE ROOTS HOLD FAST!

THE DOERS OF BUSINESS 3: －It's still going down!..

Caricatures of the Day 40: The well of Grenelle

Caricatures of the Day 40: The well of Grenelle

Ancient History 30: Dionysius the tyrant. If he chooses this condition in his sorry fortune, / It is because in the matter of schools / Tyrants always make too much of it, / So that they can fine one [school] in their old age (The late Barthelemy)

NEWS 142: THE POLITICAL HIGH-LIVERS: (France.) －Hum!... hum!... that seems to me to be a pretty poor dish!

NEWS 142: THE POLITICAL HIGH-LIVERS: (France.) －Hum!... hum!... that seems to me to be a pretty poor dish!

GENERAL SCHLICK'S[sic] ENTRY INTO THE CAMPAIGN －This is giving me trouble... but finally I'm on the horse!!!..

Caricatures of the Day: The bourgeois at the Salon: Let's see... What's that?... (reading from his catalogue) "No. 387. Portrait of Mr. B*** stock-broker"... well... well!... oh! how stupid I am... 386 is the portrait of Mr. B***, this is a portrait of a bull by Mr. Bracassat... I'd also say... that the idea of having yourself painted with horns as big as that... after that, you can't refuse a stock-broker anything

SKETCHES OF AUTUMN 2: IMPRESSIONS OF THE GRAPE-HARVESTS. －What... you get in there with bare feet!... －Well!... you shouldn't put polished shoes in there!..

THE BACHELOR'S DAY 6: － Without doubt Mr. Riflot the right to petition is sacred, but is abused! witness that which you're talking to us about: to tax bachelors for being useless to the population! I'am angry about it for married people; but it has to be said that of [bachelors] there is no one, more than I Coquelet, who has helped the population

The Hundred-and-one Robert-Macaire [Caricaturana] 100: Mr. Daumier, your Robert-Macaire series is a charming thing!... It is the exact portrayal of the pilfering of our age... It is the faithful portrait of the crowd of rascals you find everywhere, in business, in politics, in finance, everywhere! everywhere!!... The cheats should hate you... But the estimation of honest people is yours... Have you still not received the cross of honour?... It's shocking!!..

MISADVENTURES AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF MR.GOGO 2: My son, you are wrong to risk your money in shares, the Stock Exchange is a den of swindlers, bitumen is a beastliness, the mines are precipices,... a wise man should enjoy his fortune quietly... －It's true, mother, I'm wrong, but I need some thousands of francs, and I've come to ask you... －My God!... I'd give it with pleasure... but ... frankly!... the card game ruined me this winter..

Strangers in Paris 10: The visit to the Hôtel des Invalides －It doesn’t smell very good, your broth...how much is it? －Whatever you can give, master... but the minimum is three francs... －Deuce...! I definitely find it a little salty

BOHEMIANS OF PARIS 1: THE SELLER OF SECURITY [WATCH] CHAINS: The security [watch] chain is so called because it is a secure means of knowing that the ninny who buys it owns a watch. Accomplices stationed in the vicinity are not slow to turn this sign to a profit. Bertrand sold the chain, Macaire deals with the watch

EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT 70 : －Françoise, your cousin the fireman has come. －No, sir! －Well the broth tells me he has!..

Conjugal Manners 37: The well of Grenelle. And these rogues of chemists who say that it does some good to bathe children in the well of Grenelle; here's poor Dodophe who's gone greener than an apple; I don't know whether my son's a lizard or a toad!!

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 16: Below the upper vignette: Bineau the Savage making his entry as minister; Below the lower vignette: －Well, so it's no cleverer than that to talk from the tribune? －Yes, but you, Pierre, you're listening to me too politely, you should say something stupid from time to time, [because] without that there's no longer any illusion, we're not in a meeting any more!

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 16: Below the upper vignette: Bineau the Savage making his entry as minister; Below the lower vignette: －Well, so it's no cleverer than that to talk from the tribune? －Yes, but you, Pierre, you're listening to me too politely, you should say something stupid from time to time, [because] without that there's no longer any illusion, we're not in a meeting any more!

Album des Charges du Jour: －There's a wind that's going to thwart the Spaniards' disembarkation nicely!... －Yes, but it's also very poor weather for my parasol..

Album des Charges du Jour: －There's a wind that's going to thwart the Spaniards' disembarkation nicely!... －Yes, but it's also very poor weather for my parasol..

NEWS 26: －My good friend, give me the pleasure of your signing this petition against obligatory education. －Sorry, Mister Basil, but I dunno how to write

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 12: Below the upper vignette: Mister Stenographer, you've reproduced my speech well, but you've forgotten to note down at different passages: － Long live feeling,... I've just made these little corrections; Below the lower vignette: General Lebreton advancing to the order

PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE ASSEMBLY 25: Below the upper vignette: A solicitor on the look-out for Bineau the Savage, minister of public works. Below the lower vignette: The friendship of a great man is a kindness of the gods! － Particularly on a rainy day and when the gutters are full