Historical French Illustrations

A series of vintage drawings depicting scenes from French social life, featuring characters in period attire, expressive emotions, and lively interactions.

Oui, Perrochet!...je verserai dans ton sein la...chose...de ma conduite! - Je sais que ce qui m'a perdu, Perrochet! c'est d'avoir été trop...vo...oluptueux ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

No. 1 - Un cavalier et une dameQuinze sous.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

In carnival. Planche # 1 (registered title) | 2nd suite of 1855. (Title)

Honoré Daumier, Origine des Bédoins a Paris, 1841 Origine des Bédoins a Paris

Oui, Perrochet!...je verserai dans ton sein la...chose...de ma conduite! - Je sais que ce qui m'a perdu, Perrochet! c'est d'avoir été trop...vo...oluptueux ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Au Moulin Rouge: Un rude! Un vrai rude! , Moulin-Rouge Night club : Paris, France. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Jean Louis Forain, A Seizure, c 1891 A Seizure

- How do you find this saint there... I tried to not make him look too conventional... The bourgeois - I quite agree, a Saint never should look short winded,” plate 80 from Les Bons Bourgeois 1847 France. Lithograph in black on white wove paper . Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Ida Heath au bar , Dancers, Bars, Heath, Ida. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Man is looking at a painting by a magnifying glass; Un véritable amateur; Les Bons Bourgeois. Text on verso. At the top right numbered: 66.

Dieu! mes amours, comme mon seigneur et maitre est une chose dont je me fiche pas mal cesoir.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Emportez donc ça plus loinil est impossible de travailler au milieu d’un vacarme pareil..allez vous promener à la petite provence, et en revenant achetez de nouveaux biberons passage Choiseul!Ah! Mr. Cabassol c’est votre premier enfant, mais je vous jure que ce sera votre dernier! (Take that farther away I cannot work with all this noiseGo, take him for a walk in the park, and on the way back, buy some new baby bottles in the Passage Choiseul!This may be your first child, Mr. Cabassol, but I swear it will be your last!), from the series Les bas-bleus (The Bluestockings). Artist: Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879 Publisher: Aubert et Cie, Paris, founded 1829

Tel que tu me vois, Chaloupe, c'est moi qui soigne les chameaux du Grand-Turc. - Et tu gagnes à ça... - Quelques sequins, Chaloupe, et les satisfactions d'un cœur pur... - Et nourri ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

N'approche pas la mêche de la lumière!.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

In Came a Storm of Wind, Rain and Spray - and Portia - Drawn by Winslow Homer (The Galaxy, Vol. VIII). Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). Dimensions: image: 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (16.5 x 11.1 cm)sheet: 9 1/2 x 5 11/16 in. (24.1 x 14.5 cm). Date: December 1869.An illustration for "Susan Fielding," a story by Annie Edwards (died 1896) serialized in "The Galazy Magazine.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Réjane and Galipaux, in Madame Sans-Gêne 1893 France. Color lithograph on cream wove paper . Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Faire des frais de bonbons, de toilette et dechampagne…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Ah! je te prie de croire que lhomme qui me rendra reveuse pourra se vanter detre un rude lapin.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

A man seated at a reading table His head is leaning on his hand In the background two men looking at paintings together One of them is making notes on a sheet of paper Beneath the whole a text by Azerbaijani poet Mirza Schaffy, New Year's Eve reverie of a young art critic original , print maker: Jan van Essen, (mentioned on object), printer: Jos. Vas Dias & Co., (mentioned on object), publisher: A. Rössing, (mentioned on object), 1888, paper, h 312 mm × w 230 mm

Représentants et Représentés. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, 1859. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Honoré Daumier, Oh! p'pa la belle femme!, 1846 Oh! p'pa... la belle femme!

Papa qu'est-ce que c'est donc que Mosieu Loyal - C'est le bourreau de la propriété, mon fils. - Ah! qu'est-ce qu'il vous coupe donc, Papa - Ce qu'on a, mon fils. ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Sur ma parole! monsieur John...des moustaches! - Nous portons des rasoirs sur le continent, Betty, et nous rapportons - des moustaches ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

James McNeill Whistler, The Sisters, 1894 1895 The Sisters

Brotherly Love Artists at the exhibition Humorous Drawings by Franciszek Kostrzewski. Cleastle from Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1869 (2) 285 Monogramist L.N., Kostrzewski, Franciszek (1826 1911)

Not screaming, Dumble, Francisco de Goya, 1797 - 1799 print Two little men dressed in monks, and a frightened young woman. Seventyest print in the Los Caprichos series. Spain paper etching monk(s), friar(s). adolescent, young woman, maiden (+ being frightened)

Vois le Cours de la Bourse... Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). , July 21, 1865. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 11 1/4 x 10 5/16 in. (28.6 x 26.2 cm). European Art July 21, 1865

Mr. Thiers au Lutrin de Notre Dame de Lorette , Politicians, Historians, Presidents, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Honoré Daumier, Le Placeur, 1842 Le Placeur

published in le Charivari (no. du 30 novembre 1842): Ancient History, plate 36: Apelles and Campaste, 30 November 1842. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879), Aubert. Lithograph; sheet: 32.4 x 26 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.); image: 24 x 19.9 cm (9 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.).

Carnaval. Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). Lithograph;

Illustration for Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d'une position sociale (Jérôme Patruot in Search of a Social Position), by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846. Artist: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves). Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in. (19.1 x 12.2 cm). Date: ca. 1846. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Honoré Daumier, Ah! Mon dieu on a mis le feu a la maison du voisin , 19th century Ah! Mon dieu on a mis le feu a la maison du voisin ...

Nous descendons de la branche cadette des Pignonfume, par les femmes, mon cher!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Madame de Chateaurouge, sil vous plait? - Tiens! cest mon pierrot!. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Pierrot. Adolphe Léon Willett (French, 1857-1926). Lithograph;

Le MariAgricole.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

"- How are you feeling today, Mr. Chapolard - Madame Pochet, a concierge who knows how to behave, should address her landlord only in the third person. - How can I talk to you in the third person, since you are the first person I am seeing this morning," plate 11 from Croquis Parisiens. Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879); printed by Imprimerie Charles Trinocq (French, active 19th century); later published by Maison Martinet (French, active 19th century); later published in Le Charivari (French, 1832-1915). Date: 1852. Dimensions: 259 × 215 mm (image); 360 × 275 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ready to Go Out (Avant la sortie). Dimensions: 38.5 cm x 28.1 cm, 38 cm x 27.7 cm, 26.7 cm x 23 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: HENRI GABRIEL IBELS.

Vous ne mavez jamais de la vie donne quun petit chien…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Le Placeur. Dated: 1842. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Achat d'un tableau horloge. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Jsuis un pas-grand-chose, moi! je suis un prope-a-rien! …. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Vous pensez donc quune pinte de porter vaut mieux a lestomac…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Honoré Daumier, Hein! comme il regarde les cervelas, 19th century Hein! comme il regarde les cervelas...

La famille de l'électeur. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Aurai-je lhonneur de danser un galop avec mosieu le Baron?. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

At the Théâtre-Libre: Antoine in L'Inquiétude. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 371 × 262 mm (image); 382 × 280 mm (sheet). Lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Honoré Daumier, La buvette, 19th century La buvette

1893 Art Work - Le Petit Potach - Theophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen.

Ostend / sorry, Madame I'm mistaken! ... ()

Une femme comme moiremettre un bouton?vous êtes fou!/Allons bon!voilà qu’elle ne se contente plus de porter les culottesil faut encore qu’elle me les jette à la tête! (A woman like mesew on a button? you must be crazy!/ There now! It’s not enough for her to wear the pantsshe must also throw them at my head!), from the series Les bas-bleus (The Bluestockings). Artist: Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879 Publisher: Aubert et Cie, Paris, founded 1829

Un Début a la chasse. Dated: 1844. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Inconvénient d'un parapluie a ressorts trop compliqués. Dated: 1847. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Le peintre qui a eu un tableau refusé ... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Lugne Poe and Baldy in "Au-dessus des forces humaines" (Lugne Poe et Baldy dans "Au-desses des forces humaines"). Dated: 1894. Medium: lithograph in black. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

"- Isn't he cute like that, Dodore... with a little bit of cleaning up, he is just not the same child any more!...," plate 37 from Les Bons Bourgeois. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1847. Dimensions: 255 × 217 mm (image); 333 × 249 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Etude dumatin…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Cartoon of two men and brokenpot, Graphite and ink wash on paper, 17.5 × 15.5 cm (6 7/8 × 6 1/8in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

NEWS. Planche N4 (letter registered (letter)) | 4th suite of 1863. (Title Title)

Comment vont nos petits epoux cematin…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

A woman tells her friend how she pretended to be poor and got free accommodation at the Hospital Lariboisière for 40 days. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), Allo! Hello ! Let's go see the legs at the bottom, I never let myself go, even by phone! (Dummy title). Black stone and blue pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Plus souvent que je te conduirai...au bal.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Veux-tu te Sauver,Sauvage?. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Dachu, mame Dachu est la creme des femmes!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Honoré Daumier, ce qui prouve que quand on faitpatrouille, 19th century ce qui prouve que quand on fait...patrouille...

Rochussen, Charles, Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Two men with swords and a woman with a veil, print, prent, prints, height 119 mm, width 99 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure, Work conception, 1814-08-01 - 1894-09-22

(Est-ce que tu tamuses ici? - Ma foi non.). Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

"- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have," plate 5 from Les Amis. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1845. Dimensions: 238 × 180 mm (image); 351 × 272 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Honoré-Victorin Daumier.

Two kumoszki; Rapacki, Józef (1871-1929), Wierzbicki B. and S-ka (Warsaw; Graphic Zady; 1897-1944), Bibljoteka of the Polish House (Warsaw; Nak ADCA; 1903-1930); 1926 (1926-00-00-1926-00-00);Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, gift (provenance), Polish graphics, women, Poland (culture), genre scenes, types genre

Jespere que tu va te tenir Angelique…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

- Hein? Non, j’aime pas ce ruban-la. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

- Still more Venuses this year.. always Venuses!.. as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier 1864 France. Lithograph in black on white wove paper . Honoré-Victorin Daumier

(Le parterre de lOdéon.) Lauteur!..lauteur!…lauteur!…/Messieurs, votre impatience va être satisfaite…vous désirez connaître lauteur de louvrage remarquable qui vient dobtenir un si grand, et je dois le dire, si légitime succès…cet auteur…cest môa!((The audience at the Odéon Theater.) Author…author!…author!../Gentlemen, your impatience is about to be satisfied…You want to know the author of the remarkable work that has just obtained such a great, and I must say, justified success… that author… is MEEEEE!), from the series Les bas-bleus (The Bluestockings). Artist: Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879 Publisher: Aubert et Cie, Paris, founded 1829

"- Difficult to imagine that in my days I also was an acclaimed Spanish dancer... nowadays only my castanets are Spanish... what a drag...," plate 11 from Croquis Dramatiques. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 214 × 253 mm (image); 281 × 366 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

On ne dort pas les uns sans les autres! - Souvenirs du bal de la Renaissance ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

A gentleman wearing a hat and cloak says goodbye to a young woman at the door. The woman stands with a lit candle in her hand and closes the lower door of the house with her other hand as she looks her lover in the eye. This print forms a pendant with a depiction of the woman waiting at the door, Two lovers at the door Amante inconstante, print maker: Lambertus Antonius Claessens, after: Louis Bernard Coclers, unknown, c. 1792 - 1817, paper, etching, brush, h 375 mm × w 257 mm

Honoré Daumier, Les réjouissances de Juillet vues de Ste Pélagie, 1834 Les réjouissances de Juillet... vues de Ste. Pélagie

Brotherly Love Craftsmen Humorous Drawings by Franciszek Kostrzewski. Cleastle from Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1869 (2) 285 Unknown, Kostrzewski, Franciszek (1826 1911)

Pigeonnet, je suis innonde (sic), et je souscris en mafaveur…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Les Beaux Jours de la Vie (series of prints)

Honoré Daumier, Un parisien resté fidèle , 19th century Un parisien resté fidèle ...

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), is it to drive votfiacre that a burgeon nose - Yes, old man is real fir buds (title given by the author). Black stone and blue pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Dire... que nous avons un fils qui est... avocat... Dated: 1846. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

10 heures du matin. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1839. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Honoré Daumier, Et dire que c'est aujourd'hui la Saint Médard!, 1845 Et dire que c'est aujourd'hui la Saint-Médard!

Un Retour de jeunesse. Dated: 1845. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Quand sonnent quatre heures. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Tiens, Fanny, cest pas tout ca! Tes honnete, tas rien: tes ce qui me faut;…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

L'Estampe Moderne: Bouderie, 1898. Alfredo Müller (Italian, 1869-1940). Color lithograph; sheet: 34.5 x 25 cm (13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.); image: 34.5 x 25 cm (13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.); secondary support: 40.3 x 30.6 cm (15 7/8 x 12 1/16 in.).

Les Bourgeois. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, 1856. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

LaPeinture. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Un retour de jeunesse. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

A Confession Of Faith Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet,” plate 23 from Les Baigneurs 1842 France. Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on white wove paper, with letterpress verso . Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mère! Est-ce que c'est le crevè de ce matin que t'as dit que ça serait toujours - assez bon pour lui ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Illustration for the story The Queen of spades by A. Pushkin by Pozhedaev, Georgi Anatolyevich (1894-1977)/ Private Collection/ 1946/ Russia/ Pen, ink, pencil on paper/ Book design/ 22x18/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Each time I take you to the opera ball..., plate four from Paris l'hiver. Honoré-Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1845. Dimensions: 220 × 177 mm (image); 348 × 263 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Les Fumeurs de Hadchids. Dated: 1845. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Honoré Daumier, Vingt sous de denier a Dieu, 1847 Vingt sous de denier a Dieu...

Ah! vous êtes mon mari, ah! vous êtes le maître... Dated: 1849. Dimensions: image: 24.5 x 19.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.9 x 24.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.). Medium: lithograph in black on newsprint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

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