Mr. Royer Colas disguised as an elderly Marquess at the old Court

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Mr. Royer Colas disguised as an elderly Marquess at the old Court
Image Not Available for Mr. Royer Colas disguised as an elderly Marquess at the old Court

Mr. Royer Colas disguised as an elderly Marquess at the old Court

PortfolioPlate 1 from the series "Bal de la cour"
Date1833
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 187 x 279 mm. (7 3/8 x 11 in.)
Credit LineBoard of Trustees Fund
Object number1961.236
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
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Image Not Available for Lost again in the Royal Court... and he complains as if he couldn't still appeal in the Upper Appeals Court....
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1848
Image Not Available for Lost again in the Royal Court... and he complains as if he couldn't still appeal in the Upper Appeals Court....
Lost again in the Royal Court... and he complains as if he couldn't still appeal in the Upper Appeals Court....
1848
Image Not Available for Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
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1833
Image Not Available for Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
1833
Image Not Available for Lion's share. Calm yourselves, gentlemen. We've a hundred louis, eighty of them belong to me, eighteen to Mr. Le Comte de St. Bertrand, that leaves two for the fifteen of you... It's strange, these eternal complaints!! Really, it's just not possible to make such a mistake!... What the devil, gentlemen, we're all honest men, sort things out between yourselves, share the two louis between you, let’s not make a scandal!
Lion's share. Calm yourselves, gentlemen. We've a hundred louis, eighty of them belong to me, eighteen to Mr. Le Comte de St. Bertrand, that leaves two for the fifteen of you... It's strange, these eternal complaints!! Really, it's just not possible to make such a mistake!... What the devil, gentlemen, we're all honest men, sort things out between yourselves, share the two louis between you, let’s not make a scandal!
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Image Not Available for Isn't it strange how this mirror flattens my waist and reduces my bust... but what does that matter?... Mme de Stael and Mr de Buffon clearly said: genius has no sex.
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Image Not Available for Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
1845
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1842
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1848