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Like a Puppet

PortfolioPlate 225 from the series "Actualités"
Date1869
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 235 x 200 mm. (9 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBoard of Trustees Fund
Object number1962.120
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
1837
Image Not Available for Just like Sisyphus
Just like Sisyphus
1869
Image Not Available for What's my fatherland to me? that’s like the sole of my boots... well, looks like I’ll soon be stateless…
What's my fatherland to me? that’s like the sole of my boots... well, looks like I’ll soon be stateless…
1842
Image Not Available for Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles...
Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles...
1844
Image Not Available for You'll see!... you'll see! That will stop the bleeding ... just like placing the hand on it...
You'll see!... you'll see! That will stop the bleeding ... just like placing the hand on it...
1838
Image Not Available for Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
1859
Image Not Available for The husband (reading aloud): "We lay indolently on the fragrant moss, while the beams of the moon flickered through the branches of a willow, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Overcome with love we cried to to heaven the longings we felt in our hearts." His wife (sotto voce): how can he possibly read such poetry and wear a night bonnet and a face like this.
The husband (reading aloud): "We lay indolently on the fragrant moss, while the beams of the moon flickered through the branches of a willow, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Overcome with love we cried to to heaven the longings we felt in our hearts." His wife (sotto voce): how can he possibly read such poetry and wear a night bonnet and a face like this.
1839
Image Not Available for The early morning caller. This person enters your home early in the morning and walks stealthily like a thief. If you wake up, he pretends having entered the wrong apartment, looking for a Mr. Pierre or a Mr. Paul. He is abashed with apologies and retreats after carrying off what has fallen into his hands. This man works around all the hotels, knowing that the travellers have the habit of leaving their key in the door.
The early morning caller. This person enters your home early in the morning and walks stealthily like a thief. If you wake up, he pretends having entered the wrong apartment, looking for a Mr. Pierre or a Mr. Paul. He is abashed with apologies and retreats after carrying off what has fallen into his hands. This man works around all the hotels, knowing that the travellers have the habit of leaving their key in the door.
1835
Image Not Available for Monsieur, you should not smile at him like that, otherwise he starts crying right away
Monsieur, you should not smile at him like that, otherwise he starts crying right away
1848
Image Not Available for We shouldn't be unfair. One may like the Danes... but let's not forget that the Germans also have something good... their beer!
We shouldn't be unfair. One may like the Danes... but let's not forget that the Germans also have something good... their beer!
1864
Image Not Available for Away with the ballast
Away with the ballast
1869
Image Not Available for Exploitation of love. Oh! My darling. I cannot say how much I admire, how much I caress the charming portrait which you sent me! You even had it embellished with precious stones. What folly!! You mustn't do things like that. It grieves me... And this watch chain. How beautiful it is! How richly decorated!!... I'd like to offer you a nice present in return, something to remind you of our love and happiness... I'd like to give you a lock of my hair...
Exploitation of love. Oh! My darling. I cannot say how much I admire, how much I caress the charming portrait which you sent me! You even had it embellished with precious stones. What folly!! You mustn't do things like that. It grieves me... And this watch chain. How beautiful it is! How richly decorated!!... I'd like to offer you a nice present in return, something to remind you of our love and happiness... I'd like to give you a lock of my hair...
1837