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19th Century Romantic Illustrations

Candid moments from 19th-century life, featuring elegantly dressed figures in various social interactions, reflecting romance and humor in artistic lithographs.

Wattier, Émile Charles (n.1800-11-17-D.1868-11-22), 4th descending step. The quarrel (attributed title), 1824. Lithography colored on woven paper. Balzac house.
Wattier, Émile Charles (n.1800-11-17-D.1868-11-22), 4th descending step. The quarrel (attributed title), 1824. Lithography colored on woven paper. Balzac house.
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Quand je vous disais que votre Agathe faisait des yeux a mon chenapan deBenjamin!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866J vous dis que vot femme a insulte la mienn Msieur…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Ton concierge ma remit ce billet…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Wattier, Émile Charles (n.1800-11-17-D.1868-11-22), 4th descending step. The quarrel (attributed title), 1824. Lithography colored on woven paper. Balzac house.Fariboles 2 plank 206 (registered title)Mon petit homme, faut être raisonnable...c'est mon parrain qui veut absolu - ment me faire un sort dans son bien des Bouches-du-Rhône, pour l'éducation de sa petite... - ...je vas le (sic) laisser la mienne... ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksInconvenient dEmployer le Murisseur de Raisins, Lithograph, sheet: 24.6 × 23.5 cm (9 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.), French, 19th century, Works on Paper - PrintsPas le sou un jour de Chaumière!... ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksCre chien, Loise! tas la une casquette un peu chouette!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866On cause affaires. - Voyons! si tu lui promettais tant par mois Ou dis-lui que ton oncle est bien malade, ou - que tu te maries. Veux-tu ma signature Après ça vend (sic) ton cheval si tu veux...Moi - je lui porterais quelque chose de gentil pour son moutard...à cet homme. - Ou bien si tu lui fichais une danse ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksMadame, ce n'est pas assez que d'avoir dansé.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs6 / CATT TAX (IT)(LE JOUR DES MORTS.). Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Visite aux Tentes des Turcos...., from Au Camp de Saint-Maur, published in Le Charivari, August 13, 1859 August 13, 1859 Honoré Daumier. Visite aux Tentes des Turcos...., from Au Camp de Saint-Maur, published in Le Charivari, August 13, 1859. Au Camp de Saint-Maur. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). August 13, 1859. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of four (Delteil; Hazard & Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). PrintsTOILETTE DE CAMPAGNE.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Constance, 2, Plate. Scheffer, Jean Gabriel, 1797-1876. Prints. 1800 - 1899. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , France, Caricatures and cartoons, Prints , 19th centuryNoël Le Mire after Jean Michel Moreau, Le Soufflet, 1774 Le SouffletQui - Moi et Zélie, Achille et toi. - Où - Aux Vendanges. - Quand - Jeudi...ça y est - Ça y est! ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksComment saviez-vous, Papa, que jaimais Mosieu Leon?…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866JANVIER. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866The Republican Ballerine, Emperor Napoleon III and the Republican Ballerine caricature from Kikeriki , Carl von Stur -, CaricaturistLe cocu battu et content. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Louis Delignon and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.Take the bait ! / 12. (title registered) | The end of the ear (title of all)Merci,monsieur, je ne dansepas…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866The Secret, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, undated, Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paperMusical reflection. (Registered title (letter)) | Caricatural museum. (Title of all)Cest comme ca que tu les intrigues?…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Les vapeurs, the day of memories. A woman drinks tea on the sofa while her maid picks up bills strewn over the floor. "Kind husband, would you heal the painful nerves of your wife Then let her spend as she wishes. She charges you only to pay for memories." Illustration by Jean-Baptiste Isabey. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.Voyez-vous, mère Marengo, les affaires en grand c'es usé...les dindons, - à l'heure qu'il est, sont devenus plus sauvages que les millions, on a trop - canardé les paroissiens, les paroissiens n'ont plus de besoins, connu la - philantropie (sic)! parlez-moi, mère Marengo, d'un léger commerce qui ne compte - que sur le soleil et qu'avec les moutards ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksMadam, I would need a woman .... / 2. (Registered Title) | Industrial Puffs (title of all)Honoré Daumier, Un réconciliation, scène de haute comédie , 19th century Un réconciliation, scène de haute comédie ...Abandoned / 6The Sportsmen Resting. Dimensions: sheet (cut within platemark): 19.2 x 16.5 cm (7 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.). Medium: stipple etching in brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Isaac Cruikshank.Honoré Daumier, Rifolard ouvre le bal , 19th century Rifolard ouvre le bal ..."- Well yes, it's true, the daughter of Mame Chopin got married yesterday with the son of Durand. I just talked to the young man and from what he told me (in full confidence), she must have had some strange ones before him...," plate 6 from Les Parisiens. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1840. Dimensions: 226 × 193 mm (image); 319 × 214 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.A Chinese woman drinks a bowl of saloop or salep at a stall in Smithfield market. A vendor in hat, coat and boots sits next to a saloop tank with spigot at a table with bowls and cups. Saloop was a hot or cold beverage made from Orchis macula, sugar and milk. It was sold from midnight to dawn as a hangover cure. The most famous shop was Reid's Coffee Shop on Fleet Street, 1719 to 1833. Smithfield bargains and Smithfield saloop. Copperplate engraving drawn from life and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839.Honoré Daumier, Un jour déclipse, 19th century Un jour déclipseFrancesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Lady Charlotte Smith and her Children; George Henry, Louisa and Charlotte, 1789. Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.I better like solitary places. / 1 (title registered (letter)) | Romantics (title of all)5 / Tax on matches (IT)Damon and Pastora, Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, Published by Robert Sayer, 1725-1794, British, 1786, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (40.3 × 29.2 cm), Plate: 14 × 9 7/8 inches (35.6 × 25.1 cm), and Image: 13 × 9 7/8 inches (33 × 25.1 cm)Faudra pas dire à mon Hippolyte que j'ai soupé avec Charles, mon petit - Edourd!...je souperai avec vous ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksVous avez donc renvoyé votre bonne, Madame -Oui j'ai pris un cuirassier pour astiquer mes aciers.. Cham (Count Amédée-Charles-Henry de Noé) (France, Paris, 1819-1879). France, 1865. Prints; lithographs. LithographYou would not have seen my feed sic that I lost? .... ...Fariboles 2 Plate 89 (registered title)Le Carnival, no. 5: Ah! Mon Dieu, cest mon mari. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Forgiving Lovers. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (27.2 × 19.6 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: Henry Wigstead (British, 1745-1800 Margate); Samuel Hooper (British, active London, 1771-88). Date: March 15, 1798. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Rien ne pèse au bras comme - la femme qu'on n'aime plus ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksParisian sketch. Planche N10 (Registered Title (letter)) | 7th Suite of 1864-1866. (Title) | A new mode (title registered (letter))...Ah! m'ame Ado'phe! m'ame Ado'phe!...je ne serais pas ce que je - suis, sans mon vieux serpent de mère! ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksPaul Gavarni (aka Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier, French, 1804 - 1866). The Students of Paris (Les Etudiants de Paris), 19th century. Lithograph. First state. An Important Occasion, Life Cartoons still image. Postcards. 1905 - 1930. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography CollectionA spouse noticed the consequences of fraternization with horror, Caricature on the academic legion, Karl Carl Lanzedelli Lancedelli Lanzedelly -, LithographPrint made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, An English Sloop Engaging a Dutch Man of War, 1795. Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.Toilettes de Bal ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksListen to Magselle Justine ... / N 11 (title registered) | Dangerous links (title of all)Je! n'le! veux! pas!! ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksOh he! mes petits amours, ohhe!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866...Un langoureux regard, dont l'expression tendre et résignée... - Pasquier-Delisle, histoire de l'an 1320 - Horace Raisson ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksLe cocu battu et content. Medium: etching rejected plate. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Louis Delignon and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.Paul Gavarni, Causerie, 1814-1866, lithograph on paper.P'us qu'ça d'lorgnon! et du pain...Bo'jour, Madame... ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksIl y a maintenant entrenous…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Sympathetic Lovers. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 3/4 in. (27.1 × 19.7 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: Henry Wigstead (British, 1745-1800 Margate). Date: February 6, 1797. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fariboles 2 board 149 (registered title (letter))Reproductie van het Schilderij 'Liebesdienst' Door C. Schweninger Jr., Ter Illustratie Bij 'The trumpeter of Säckingen', Anonymous, publisher of Hanfstaengl's successor, After Carl Schweninger (II), 1887 photomechanical print Berlin paper. cardboard collotype picture, painting. lovers; courting, flirtingAfter playing; Tronsens, Charles (1830-Post 1870); around 1865 (1860-00-00-1870-00-00);Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902), Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902) - collections, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, balls, cylinders (hats), krynolins, fashion, French drawings, French drawings, French drawings fun (iconogr.)What a sacrifice!. Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spain, Fuendetodos, 1746-1828). Spain, 1799. Prints; etchings. Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint8 / Suifs and matches (IT)Lady in crinoline dress with two gentlemen callers in a parlour. Rosa McDermott with Jack Bunting twirling his tam oshanter and Jasper Goldspink lounging on a chair. The two strings. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith Surtees Plain or Ringlets, Bradbury and Evans London, 1860. Leech (1817-1864) was an English caricaturist and illustrator best known for his work for Punch magazine.John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, The Promenade at Carlisle House, 1781. Mezzotint on wove paper, proof.Pamela! ta mere a ete ma femme dechambre!. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Un mariage d'argent , Fictitious characters, Macaire, Robert. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs- Well yes, it's true, the daughter of Mame Chopin got married yesterday with the son of Durand I just talked to the young man and from what he told me (in full confidence), she must have had some strange ones before him…,” plate 6 from Les Parisiens 1840 France. Lithograph in black on white wove paper . Honoré-Victorin DaumierParisian sketch. Planche N1 TER (registered title) | 5th Suite of 1859. (Title Title)A Sketch from Nature January 24, 1784 William Paulet Carey British A brothel scene with a fat bawd at left leaning back in an armchair and sleeping in a drunken stupor. She spills her glass onto a dog who eagerly laps at the contents. At center, two couples embrace. An officer at center leans on a table and holds a bottle while slinging his leg over a woman's lap. At right another young woman wrestles with a middle aged man whose wig is held aloft by the woman behind him.. A Sketch from Nature. William Paulet Carey (Irish, Dublin 1759-1839 Birmingham). January 24, 1784. Hand-colored etching and stipple, printed in brown ink. John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751-1812 Doncaster) , London. PrintsCest bien gentil chez vous, monsieur Charles... Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Parisian dialogues. Planche N27 (registered title (letter))Baliverneries Parisiennes. Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). Lithograph;Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.Honoré Daumier, Au novel an, visite a la tante Rabourdin, 1847 Au novel an, visite... a la tante RabourdinIllustration for the Mysteries of Paris: Rodolphe Sauvant Fleur de MarieTwo Women, George Augustus Sala, 1828-1895, British, undated, Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 inches (11.4 × 12.7 cm) and Mount: 5 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (14.9 × 16.5 cm), figure study, gesture, womentrade street hawkers radish and turnips coloured etching by Francois Boucher ""Cris de Paris"" artwork by Ravenet circa 1735 private collection,Patience phomize ... If I never offered you bouquets for your party / I will put on your grave. / 212. (registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)Docteur...je ne suis pas aussi malade... , Philosophers, Historians, Lawyers, Rulers, Guizot, François, 1787-1874, Berryer, Pierre-Antoine, 1790-1868, Chambord, Henri-Charles-Ferdinand-Marie-Dieudonné d'Artois, comte de, 1820-1883, Paris, Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans, comte de, 1838-1894. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsMeeting in the Park. Artist: Constantin Guys (French, Flushing 1802-1892 Paris). Dimensions: 8 9/16 x 11 13/16 in. (21.7 x 30 cm). Date: ca. 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The correct kind number 62 - the vapors or the day of the memories, 1813 The good kind number 62 - the vapors or the day of the memories, 1813 ". Engraving. Paris, Carnavalet museum.A woman in evening dress standing in front of a mirror; to the left a maidservant holds her fan and shawl. Etching by J. Gillray, 1810, after himself.Quest-ce que cest que ce mosieu qui sort dici?. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866CONVERSACION DE MUJERES - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.Fashion Plate, Modes Vraies, Laure Noël, French, 1827 - 1878, Musée des Familles, French, 1833 - 1900, Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper, Woman and two children on a wooden bench in a park. A tree overhead, and a chateau beyond, left. Artist's and publisher's names below. Description on verso., Paris, France, 1857, Print, PrintLouis Marin Bonnet, L'Amant ecouté L'Amant ecoutéCartoon Over de Solvable, 1885, 1885 print Cartoon about the selection table. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 49, 1885. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: The Hague paperThe pleasant girl, 1875 - 1903 print Leaf with a large representation of a vain girl. She fits her mother's hat in front of the mirror. A six -line verse under the show. Numbered at the top right: No. 96. Haarlem paper letterpress printing child. mirror. Idleness; 'Otio' (Ripa) (+ 'exemplum', representation of exemplary (historical) event)Conducter, 'Now Marm! Wait-Chapel or Mile Hend-only a 1837-1864 England. Watercolor and pen and brown ink, over graphite, on cream wove paper . John LeechMadame de St Leon, so give me something careful. / No. 40. (registered title)Plate 31: Fortune makes one forget one's friends, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires 1838 Honoré Daumier - John, take these 500 F to the minister for the poor of the parish. Be sure to make it quite clear that they came from me. -Yes, Monsieur le Comte.... I forgot to tell Monsieur that this man has come back. - What man - That poor man who pretends to be an old friend of Monsieur le Comte. His name is Bertrand. - Bertrand I don't know this person... just tell him that I'm not home.. Plate 31: Fortune makes one forget one's friends, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires. 'Caricaturana'. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). 1838. Lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil). Aubert et Cie. PrintsADRIAN VIDAL, DRAWN BY F. BARNARD. 'Kiss me, Adrian,' she whispered. 'Kiss me once! for the sake of old days.'Les ChapeauxMecaniques. Artist: Charles Vernier, French, 1831-1887