Alexander and Diogenes. / The wise man puffing at his pipe, / his anger slowly getting ripe, / said, while sleeping in the comfort of his ton / be off, you ass, get out of my sun. / (Popular hit by Eugène Sue)

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Image Not Available for Alexander and Diogenes. / The wise man puffing at his pipe, / his anger slowly getting ripe, / said, while sleeping in the comfort of his ton / be off, you ass, get out of my sun. / (Popular hit by Eugène Sue)
Alexander and Diogenes. / The wise man puffing at his pipe, / his anger slowly getting ripe, / said, while sleeping in the comfort of his ton / be off, you ass, get out of my sun. / (Popular hit by Eugène Sue)
Image Not Available for Alexander and Diogenes. / The wise man puffing at his pipe, / his anger slowly getting ripe, / said, while sleeping in the comfort of his ton / be off, you ass, get out of my sun. / (Popular hit by Eugène Sue)

Alexander and Diogenes. / The wise man puffing at his pipe, / his anger slowly getting ripe, / said, while sleeping in the comfort of his ton / be off, you ass, get out of my sun. / (Popular hit by Eugène Sue)

PortfolioPlate 20 from the series "L'Histoire ancienne"
Date1842
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 264 x 214 mm. (10 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBlanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object number1962.135
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Last Updated1/11/24
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Telemachus restored to virtue. / His heart that too long Eucharis held / broke away one day and never felt /
this fresh new love it changed forever / Go look for Daddy, said Mentor, the clever. (Fénélon Book XII)
1842
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A Proverb from the period. / What is Diogenes doing with a lantern? / the elegant dandies ask with concern. / I am looking for a man with my weak eyes, / can't find him. / They thought this answer was quite a shame. /
(Poetical essay by M. de Rambuteau).
1842
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1841
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1842
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Don't just leave your friend in his state! - This, my friend? He is my doorkeeper!!
1841
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The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
1844
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1841
Image Not Available for A modern Paganini.... scorching his hairpiece in the fire of his performance.
A modern Paganini.... scorching his hairpiece in the fire of his performance.
1841
Image Not Available for Diogenes and His Lantern
Diogenes and His Lantern
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1841
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Education of Achilles. / Stern Chiron spanks pupils each morning / Creates deep feeling scorning / Alas... teachers break our young heads every day / While being themsellves full of fault and dismay! / (The Iliad, philosophical translation by Mr. Patin)
1842
Image Not Available for Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
1842