Mon ami - je m'empress de te faire savoir - que je suis changé de mais...
A young woman in the street, 3/4 turned to the left, the head to the right, hat with feathers, black taffeta mantle, holds a letter that she is ready to throw in the mailbox placed at the window of a grocer at ... More
Chère ange - mon amour vous envoie sur l'aile du zéphyr le - parfum de...
In one street, a hunchbacked maritorne (messy woman), holding a letter in her hand and carrying a flowerpot on her arm, rings at a door on the right. At the bottom left a barrel carrying water. Courtesy of Bost... More
Paul Gavarni - Des pierrots peints par eux-mêmes
Opposite each other, two Pierrots dance the cancan. They are in profile and have prominent masks on their faces. Other dancers in the background. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Caricature, Paul Gavarni - Les anes, public domain cartoon image
Two people on donkeys. The man on the right is resting his head on the shoulder of the woman. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Plèsenthé, veux-tu m'aimer? - Hi! hi! hi!..
At the opera ball, on the left a woman in medieval page and masked. She is fully dressed in black, white burnoose on the shoulders. Turned to the right, she puts a hand on the shoulder of a Pierrot with a promi... More
Chère ange - mon amour vous envoie sur l'aile du zéphyr le - parfum de...
In one street, a hunchbacked maritorne (messy woman), holding a letter in her hand and carrying a flowerpot on her arm, rings at a door on the right. At the bottom left a barrel carrying water. Courtesy of Bost... More
..Oui, mon cher Oncle, mes - études marchen bon train et j'en suis - f...
A student, of profile turned to the left, his feet resting on one of the bars of the chair on which he sits, in his shirt, bare legs and boots, writing on his knees. Behind him a bed of cinched sheets in which ... More
L'Eau est trop chaude.. ou trop froide
(In the panel on the left) A man in shirt-sleeves, shaking his head, turns around and lets out his razor with the pain of his leg in the water of a kettle spilled on a table to the left behind him. (In the pane... More
C'est un peu faible! C'est un peu fort!
(In the panel on the left) A man in a jacket and without a vest, tasting in a glass the liquor just poured on him by a wine-merchant boy. The latter, on the left, holds the bottle with one hand and the corkscre... More
Mon ami - je m'empress de te faire savoir - que je suis changé de mais...
A young woman in the street, 3/4 turned to the left, the head to the right, hat with feathers, black taffeta mantle, holds a letter that she is ready to throw in the mailbox placed at the window of a grocer at ... More
..Ma siere épouse je vous - fait bien me complimens à vous insi que ma...
In a nightclub, a water-bearer, with his hat on his ear, sits in profile on the right on a bench in front of a table on which he writes, and where a bottle, a glass and a pipe are placed. In the bottom left of ... More
Congé en partie double. - Notre (ce mot rayé Chère Adèle - un événemen...
In a particular restaurant cabinet, two young people writing on the table where they have just lunched. One on the right is seen from behind and sitting on a stool; the other on a chair is in profile turned to ... More
A Messieur les membres du Con - sielle de discipline du 1er batalion. ...
A grocer in his shop, sitting at his desk, and writing; he is profiled turned to the right into shirt sleeves. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
..Ma siere épouse je vous - fait bien me complimens à vous insi que ma...
In a nightclub, a water-bearer, with his hat on his ear, sits in profile on the right on a bench in front of a table on which he writes, and where a bottle, a glass and a pipe are placed. In the bottom left of ... More
"Je prends la plume d'une main tremblante.. - ..mon Julien! mes larmes...
In his shop, an old public writer seated in front of a table writing on a desk under the dictation of a young woman in a cap sitting to the left on the other side of the table. On a window at the bottom we read... More
Ah! prenez pitié de l'etat cruel où me laisse mon attachement - pour v...
A servant and another character sitting on wooden benches play cards on a table in a cabaret. The servant on the left seen from behind. The letter, the contents of which are reproduced above, comes halfway out ... More
Monsieur, - malgré que je sois sans expérience je n'ai - pas l'abitude...
An artist sitting on the edge of his bed, legs apart. He is almost from the front, turned to the left, and read with astonishment a letter which he holds with both hands. His hat and his broken pipe are on the ... More
Ah! prenez pitié de l'etat cruel où me laisse mon attachement - pour v...
A servant and another character sitting on wooden benches play cards on a table in a cabaret. The servant on the left seen from behind. The letter, the contents of which are reproduced above, comes halfway out ... More
..Peut aitre en-aige trop dit mon - excusse est dans mon cœur votre ch...
A young cook in profile, turned right, writing a letter on her kitchen table, where a rabbit is lying. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A Messieur les membres du Con - sielle de discipline du 1er batalion. ...
A grocer in his shop, sitting at his desk, and writing; he is profiled turned to the right into shirt sleeves. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
..Peut aitre en-aige trop dit mon - excusse est dans mon cœur votre ch...
A young cook in profile, turned right, writing a letter on her kitchen table, where a rabbit is lying. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
La lettre qu'on lit. - Je vous attendrais - à la grande Chaumière - Ba...
Two milliners in their shop. One on the right, sitting on a stool, hiding with her thumb, on a counter, the answer to the letter read by the other milliner. This is seen from behind the counter, on which she si... More
"Je prends la plume d'une main tremblante.. - ..mon Julien! mes larmes...
In his shop, an old public writer seated in front of a table writing on a desk under the dictation of a young woman in a cap sitting to the left on the other side of the table. On a window at the bottom we read... More
Monsieur, - malgré que je sois sans expérience je n'ai - pas l'abitude...
An artist sitting on the edge of his bed, legs apart. He is almost from the front, turned to the left, and read with astonishment a letter which he holds with both hands. His hat and his broken pipe are on the ... More
".. - Adolphe! Adolphe! vous voulez donc faire - mourir votre Eugénie!...
A gay working girl seated in her room, writing on her knee, on which a hat box cover serves as a writing desk. She interrupts herself in order to tend to her dinner, and leaning to the right, she raises the cov... More
".. - Adolphe! Adolphe! vous voulez donc faire - mourir votre Eugénie!...
A gay working girl seated in her room, writing on her knee, on which a hat box cover serves as a writing desk. She interrupts herself in order to tend to her dinner, and leaning to the right, she raises the cov... More
Congé en partie double. - Notre (ce mot rayé Chère Adèle - un événemen...
In a particular restaurant cabinet, two young people writing on the table where they have just lunched. One on the right is seen from behind and sitting on a stool; the other on a chair is in profile turned to ... More
La lettre qu'on lit. - Je vous attendrais - à la grande Chaumière - Ba...
Two milliners in their shop. One on the right, sitting on a stool, hiding with her thumb, on a counter, the answer to the letter read by the other milliner. This is seen from behind the counter, on which she si... More
La Princesse, Ah! je me meurs..(Bas) Je meurs de faim, ma chère, et - ...
The actress playing the role of the princess is lying on the ground from right to left, her hair scattered. The one who plays the next is kneeling next to her, her head in her hands. On the right in the backgro... More
A S. Ex. Mons. Le Ministre des finances - ..Monseigneur, il me serait ...
A workman, turned left, sitting on a stool in his studio, is writing, his upper body leaning forward on his workbench. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
J'ai ta lettre cherie, ô mon Ernest, je la presse - sur mon cœur et la...
In a bedroom, a young man, sitting in shirt sleeves, on a chair, reads a letter that he passes to a young woman, who stands on the right side and puts on his curls. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Cinq parterres, deux actionnaires à l'avant-scène, un journaliste au b...
Two actors, a stage manager, half-dressed, and whose open dressing-gown shows the baggy breeches, has a portfolio under his arm; the other on the right, in Styrian costume, seems to be taking part in the sadnes... More
(La jeune princesse) Me faudra-t-il expirer de douleur à vos pieds, Se...
Head encircled by a crown, an actor in medieval costume glances sideways, without turning, on the prostrate actress left at her knees, hands clasped and head bowed. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A son Excellence Le Ministre des finances - ..Il résulterait donc du s...
Sitting in profile turned to the right on a wooden box, in a garret, a poor devil, shivering with cold, writing on his knees. He is in underpants, barefoot in slippers. Left, pants lying on a rope. Courtesy of ... More
Mon cher Camille - Le Grand dadet (sic) qui vous remettra cette - lett...
Two men, seated on a sofa, one on the left seen in front of them, in a dressing gown, are reading a letter which he holds with both hands. On the right, the tall dadais (clumsy man), the upper body in front, ha... More
Gonzales, Versez, jeune page, versez à pleins bords le vin doré des - ...
At the foot of an armchair, in a medieval costume, seated near a table on which he is leaning, holds a glass filled with water by a young woman doing the role of page, standing behind him on the right. Courtesy... More
Cher, il va chasser demian, venez à neuf heures, dans le parc - aux en...
In front of the wall of his park, the husband, in hunting costume, profile turned to the right, bends down to pick up a letter on the ground whose envelope is open. He holds his rifle with one hand. Behind him ... More
Recevez en attendant ce leger acte de ma reconnaissance.. - J'attends ...
A commissionaire seated on a bench, profile turned left, on his back a huge shrub in a box. With one hand he wipes his forehead with his handkerchief, on the other he holds a letter whose address he reads. His ... More
(Le soldat romain) Quinze sous par jour pas davantage! et payer la-des...
A figure in a Roman soldier's costume and a fireman sitting on a bench. The latter is on the right. In the background, heaped decorations seen from behind. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
(La Maman) A-t-on vu une petite vilaine comme çà qui s' fiche à beugle...
An actor in a bailiff's suit, glasses on his nose, sitting on a profile bench on the right, holding in his arms his girl dressed in Love, crying in the paternal bosom. The mother, in Columbine, standing to the ... More
(La jeune Princesse) Mais qu'apperçois-je au loin dans la plaine? ce t...
The actress playing the role of the princess appears on the right, hands clasped, through the opening practiced in a decor seen upside down. On the front, an actor in medieval costume makes him a snub. Courtesy... More
Ton concierge m'a remis ce billet. (Ces mots sont écrits en caractères...
A young man sitting on the right, in front of a table where he was writing, is interrupted in his work by his wife returning home. She is behind him and kisses him on the forehead with a letter over his shoulde... More
Monsieur le sergent major - Le caporal Télemaque vous présente le Bonj...
In a hairdressing salon, a young woman, her hair loose and hanging on her shoulders, sits in front of a small dressing table on which she writes in profile turned to the right. In the background, on the left, M... More
Belle dame vous êtes joliment jolie ce soir! je souperais - fièrement ...
On the left a young man, seen from behind, his hat on his head, takes the hand of an actress dressed as a great dame of the late eighteenth century, and seen in the front. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Je fini en mouillant de mes larmes la - main et la plume qui ont tracé...
A young servant seated in profile to the right, and writing on a table in her mistress' room. A little library in the background. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
O (sic) vous me donnerez un beau petit rôle, mon amour d'auteur!
On the right a young actress dressed as a man, profile turned to the left, stands on tiptoe, hands on the chest of a man who takes his chin. On the wall on the left one reads directly: "Demain - à 11 h. - (ré)p... More
Le Bourreau, - Je te dis que tu fais des yeux au petit de l'avant-scèn...
A sixteenth-century executioner's suit, with his hatchet on his shoulder, is seen from the back and turned to the left of the actress playing the role of the victim and heading to the right, her hair scattered,... More
Tu me feras peut-être accroire, Fortuné, que tu n'as rien eu avec - He...
A young woman is busy tying from behind, the pants supernumerary costumed as a devil and seen from the back. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
(La jeune Princesse) Mais qu'apperçois-je au loin dans la plaine? ce t...
The actress playing the role of the princess appears on the right, hands clasped, through the opening practiced in a decor seen upside down. On the front, an actor in medieval costume makes him a snub. Courtesy... More
Mon ami - je te dires que je suis bien tourmentes lon nés - venus dire...
A man of common figure, smoking his pipe and holding a billiard cue, leans against the billiard table placed behind him to read a letter brought by a kid seen right in shirt sleeves, wearing a huge pants twice ... More
(Le Villageois) Qu'aime-tu mieux de la jambe d'Irma ou - de celle d'An...
An actor in Greek pirate costume sits on a bass drum, an ax between his legs; another on the left, as a villager, leans toward him with a hand on his shoulder. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Je soussigné, Roi des Batignolles, prince de Clichy, - Duc d'Anières e...
Under a shed, a madman locked in Bicêtre, profile turned to the left, writes on his knee. He has a feather planted in his hair and held by a cord that girdles his head like a royal headband. In the background t... More
Mon cher Amis - Ge te dires depuis le gour que tu es venu - il mes arr...
A locksmith in his workshop, in front of his workbench, against which he is leaning, reads a letter, leaning on his vice. He is in shirt sleeves, 3/4 turned to the right. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
J'ai assez vu mon Cousin, moi! M'man, viens tu t'en?
A woman sitting on a couch, near a young man in a dressing gown, seen from behind to right. A boy, also seen from the back, is standing between the woman's legs, on whose knees he is leaning. Courtesy of Boston... More
Mon cher Camille - Le Grand dadet (sic) qui vous remettra cette - lett...
Two men, seated on a sofa, one on the left seen in front of them, in a dressing gown, are reading a letter which he holds with both hands. On the right, the tall dadais (clumsy man), the upper body in front, ha... More
Paris ce 183 - M - Madame Larabe, Commissionnaire au Mont - de Pieté, ...
A young man in a dressing-gown, finishing with one of his friends and two women a breakfast which has degenerated into an orgy, turns to the right to take the warning above, which he puts back his old door. He ... More
Seigneur de Bougiral, il me faut tout votre sang pour laver cette inju...
The actor playing the role of the nobleman of Beautricourt, an arm extended before him, rushes toward the other actor with furious gesture. The other at left, seen from the back, looks at him calmly, with arms ... More
La Fée, (tout haut) Aleez, jeunes amants, ne cessez pas d'ètre vertueu...
Standing, in a scene of clouds, of which we see only the reverse, and mounted on a cart that a machinist, in the foreground, pushes to the left, the actress playing the role of the Fairy is seen from behind, an... More
Comment qu' ça va, princesse? - Pas mal, et toi, drôlesse!..
On the left, a costumed actress on the page, seen from behind, the upper body leaning forward against a set of decoration, addresses one of his comrades, richly costumed, wearing a diadem and heading to the rig... More
Moi, avoir jamais quelque chose avec ce petit journaliste!..Ah - Edoua...
In a Columbine costume, a young actress, in her box, is putting her red in front of the dressing mirror; on the left Edouard, fat man with a common figure, is half lying on a couch on the right. Courtesy of Bos... More
Cher, il va chasser demian, venez à neuf heures, dans le parc - aux en...
In front of the wall of his park, the husband, in hunting costume, profile turned to the right, bends down to pick up a letter on the ground whose envelope is open. He holds his rifle with one hand. Behind him ... More
Elize (sic) (tendrement) M'aimez-vous, marquis?.. - Le marquis (bas) D...
A young actor playing the part of the marquis clasps his hands at chest height with a passionate air. On the right, the actress who plays the role of Elise holds a fan. Late eighteenth century costumes. Courtes... More
L'Amoureux (criant dans la coulisse) Mon père! Mon père! - vous n'avez...
On the right, the actor playing the lover, Louis XIII costume, holds a glass of sweet water which he turns with a spoon. In the foreground the leader of the props fired a pistol, the barrel directed to the floo... More
Ma santée est autant bonne qu'ils est possible quels - soit étant sepa...
Two milliners in the room where she works; the youngest is sitting on a footstool. She wrote on the lid of a hat-box, placed on her knees, a letter dictated by her companion, sitting near her on the right on a ... More
Vous faites des folies, monsieur le comte, pour une femme qui ne - mér...
At the door of her box, on which we read: "Miss Julia," written directly, an actress, covered with a long coat with a large collar that hides her costume, is turned to the left to a man of the most common figur... More
Est-ce vous qui l'avez inventée, la poudre, père Paufier? - O (sic) no...
A young woman disguised as a man, wig, panties and silk stockings, sits astride a chair, a towel on his shoulders. Behind her, on the left, the hairdresser is powdering her. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
(La Princesses, elle pousse un grand cri), Le malheureux!..s'est brisé...
In the upper left, the actress playing the role of the prince appears with her body leaning forward, her hands resting on the amount of a decoration seen from behind and supported by two trestles. Below her, he... More
Je souhaite le bonjour á Mr. Emile - et lui fais savoir que je ne puis...
In a rich apartment, a young woman in a dressing-gown approaches a candle, placed on a table to the right, a stick of wax to seal the letter she holds in her hand. Behind her, in the background, a groom is wait... More
(Diane) Tu ne sais pas, m'ame Alexandre? Ma levrette qu'a fait ses pet...
Madame Alexander in Cupid costume, is seen from the back, standing on a wagon designed to move the cloud scenery on which she leans and which can be seen only from behind. She is turned towards her comrade cost... More
Ma chère, ma chère! C'te belle dame de l'avant-scène fait-elle l'œil à...
Two dancers in very short transparent dresses, seen from the back, looking from behind at the ball through a hole in the curtain. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
(Babet à la cantonnade) On y va not' maît', on y va!
An actress having her costume changed is seen as a peasant. A hairdresser behind her arranges her hair, a dressmaker hooks her bodice; in the foreground her lady's maid ties her shoes. At left in the background... More
Á Madame Hippolite. - ..Ah combien jai ezité avant - que de me determi...
Two young women in a garden on a terrace; one, seen almost from behind and turned towards the other, holds in her hands the two letters above, which she confronts. On the left, her friend seen from the front, l... More
Je fini en mouillant de mes larmes la - main et la plume qui ont tracé...
A young servant seated in profile to the right, and writing on a table in her mistress' room. A little library in the background. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ma siere amie vousme dites que vous me dites - que vous aves été malad...
In a street, a postman gives a letter to a maid seen from back to right. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
(Le Grand Prêtre) Donne-moi de ton feu sacré, Célestine.. - (La jeune ...
A young man in a high priest's costume, having a false beard and holding his wig, sits on a decorative post. He leans left to a young priestess coryphaeus, seen from behind on the front. She holds a vase where ... More
Á Madame Hippolite. - ..Ah combien jai ezité avant - que de me determi...
Two young women in a garden on a terrace; one, seen almost from behind and turned towards the other, holds in her hands the two letters above, which she confronts. On the left, her friend seen from the front, l... More
Merici, monsieur le marquis, le champagne me porte aux nerfs
An actress, costumed as a hussar, is leaning against a backdrop, with her leg raised, her foot resting to the left on the bottom of an upright, against which a man is seen, seen from behind and turned to the ri... More
(Bas) En v'la t'i des historires! ton abomination d'Angélique qui m'ab...
An actor in a suit, royal headband, long tunic, white coat, raises one hand above his head, and puts the other on the shoulder of a young woman dressed as a German peasant and turned towards him, arms crossed o... More
J'ai ta lettre cherie, ô mon Ernest, je la presse - sur mon cœur et la...
In a bedroom, a young man, sitting in shirt sleeves, on a chair, reads a letter that he passes to a young woman, who stands on the right side and puts on his curls. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Je pense que vous ne me refuserez pas de vous - trouver à lendroit ind...
In a garret a young woman, lying right on the left, sleeps deeply in her bed, while her mother, at the foot of the bed on the right in a nightdress and barefoot in her slippers, reads a letter she has just take... More
Seigneur de Bougiral, il me faut tout votre sang pour laver cette inju...
The actor playing the role of the nobleman of Beautricourt, an arm extended before him, rushes toward the other actor with furious gesture. The other at left, seen from the back, looks at him calmly, with arms ... More
Alfred ma p'tite Minette, dépêche-toi! v'là mon savoyard - de parterre...
In her room, an actress in shirtsleeves and tights, both hands on her hips holds herself straight and turns 3/4 to the left to the side of Mr. Alfred, who, seen half from the back, is knotting his tie. Behind h... More
(La Maman) A-t-on vu une petite vilaine comme çà qui s' fiche à beugle...
An actor in a bailiff's suit, glasses on his nose, sitting on a profile bench on the right, holding in his arms his girl dressed in Love, crying in the paternal bosom. The mother, in Columbine, standing to the ... More
Quoi! jeune vierge du désert, je te soustrais à d'infâmes ravisseurs, ...
An actor dressed in modern Greek, going on stage, carries in his arms the actress who plays the role of the girl and who seems to faint, the head thrown back left and the hair scattered. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Monsieur le sergent major - Le caporal Télemaque vous présente le Bonj...
In a hairdressing salon, a young woman, her hair loose and hanging on her shoulders, sits in front of a small dressing table on which she writes in profile turned to the right. In the background, on the left, M... More
Je soussigné, Roi des Batignolles, prince de Clichy, - Duc d'Anières e...
Under a shed, a madman locked in Bicêtre, profile turned to the left, writes on his knee. He has a feather planted in his hair and held by a cord that girdles his head like a royal headband. In the background t... More
Je soussigné, Roi des Batignolles, prince de Clichy, - Duc d'Anières e...
Under a shed, a madman locked in Bicêtre, profile turned to the left, writes on his knee. He has a feather planted in his hair and held by a cord that girdles his head like a royal headband. In the background t... More
Ma chère, ma chère! C'te belle dame de l'avant-scène fait-elle l'œil à...
Two dancers in very short transparent dresses, seen from the back, looking from behind at the ball through a hole in the curtain. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ma santée est autant bonne qu'ils est possible quels - soit étant sepa...
Two milliners in the room where she works; the youngest is sitting on a footstool. She wrote on the lid of a hat-box, placed on her knees, a letter dictated by her companion, sitting near her on the right on a ... More
(Le Prince) Que veut cet homme? - (Le Paysan) Justice, mon Prince (bas...
Two actors are on the scene: one in the old Muscovite peasant, on the right, his head inclined, kneels at the feet of the other playing the role of a prince. This one is standing, seen from the front, powdered ... More
Une fadaise sur une falaise. - "C'est toi, beau zéphyr où se gonflent ...
On a cliff, a young man at left with a cap, holds a young lady's umbrella under his arm, who is seen from the back and looking at the sea. Their clothes are blowing in the sea. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Paul Gavarni - La paix a tout prix
A lady in profile turned to the left, holds a pipe in her hand which she is buying from the merchant, who, facing forward, a white apron around his body, has before him a case of pipes on which on reads, "Pipes... More
Voilà une jolie liberté et un beau pays! où un homme n'est pas seuleme...
A colonist, big straw hat, white jacket, from the front, arms folded. In the background on the left a black man sitting and seen from behind, tropical plants and habitation. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Une troisième fois elle ne m'échappa plus, et je me crus pardonné, car...
In a cafe a man seated on a stool before a table. Sleeping deeply, his head hanging forward, his nose on a glass on the table, beside a bottle of beer. In the background at left, the waiter leaning against the ... More
Paul Gavarni - La peinture - Public domain portrait drawing
In an attic room, a woman in profile to left, in dressing gown, hair disheveled, seated with her feet on a foot warmer, draws from, "life," a hat, a suspender and a pair of pants which are posed on a broom hand... More
Paul Gavarni - Oh! - Engraving, Public domain image
Young girl frightened at the sight of a horrible figure coming out of a surprise box. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Paul Gavarni - Un mariage de raison
A church wedding. Turned to the left facing the altar, which is not seen, the husband kneels on a chair, near him a large sack of coins having the appearance of a human forms on its knees and wearing a crown of... More
Une saine alliance. - (A propos d'un billet doux)
An old lady holding a letter in her hand which she has just read to her manager, at left, foreground, and casting an angry look at a young lady who stands behind them, looking into a mirror, fixing her hair. An... More
Caricature, Paul Gavarni - Bon appétit, public domain cartoon image
A young man, curled hair, white tie around neck, seated in profile to the right, at a table covered with plates, on which are placed little houses representing foods, and labeled "Ferme Chateau-usine," on a bot... More
Caricature, Paul Gavarni - La musique, public domain cartoon image
A woman 3/4 turned right, playing a serinette. She is in her dressing-gown, seated on a stool very low and leaning against her bed, on which she has her head thrown back. Near her, on the nightstand, a cage con... More