My dear! You fainted... admirably. It really made a lasting impression! - Oh really, you think so?

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Image Not Available for My dear! You fainted... admirably. It really made a lasting impression! - Oh really, you think so?
My dear! You fainted... admirably. It really made a lasting impression! - Oh really, you think so?
Image Not Available for My dear! You fainted... admirably. It really made a lasting impression! - Oh really, you think so?

My dear! You fainted... admirably. It really made a lasting impression! - Oh really, you think so?

PortfolioPlate 20 from the series "Croquis d'expressions"
Date1838
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 216 × 265 mm. (8 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object number1963.109.35
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for My sister was saying yesterday, she thinks you are just too ugly!
My sister was saying yesterday, she thinks you are just too ugly!
1838
Image Not Available for (Aside): God! my poor boy... how ugly you are! (Openly): Compliments to Madame! (aside): With a face like yours, you shouldn't be walking on the streets during daytime.
(Aside): God! my poor boy... how ugly you are! (Openly): Compliments to Madame! (aside): With a face like yours, you shouldn't be walking on the streets during daytime.
1838
Image Not Available for Yes! My dear, it has been more than three weeks that no food entered this good man’s body!… - I prepared a good cabbage soup with bacon and some potatoes, that he loves so much. This will give him some strength. If you'd follow the diet the doctors gave him, he would soon die of hunger…
Yes! My dear, it has been more than three weeks that no food entered this good man’s body!… - I prepared a good cabbage soup with bacon and some potatoes, that he loves so much. This will give him some strength. If you'd follow the diet the doctors gave him, he would soon die of hunger…
1838
Image Not Available for Emma!...I love you!
Emma!...I love you!
1838
Image Not Available for The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
1841
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 (The President impatiently): To the facts, Maître Barbotteau, the facts! (Me. Barbotteau): To the facts... fact is that there is a child... the factually responsible for this fact, negates the fact. Voilà, these are the facts!
(The President impatiently): To the facts, Maître Barbotteau, the facts! (Me. Barbotteau): To the facts... fact is that there is a child... the factually responsible for this fact, negates the fact. Voilà, these are the facts!
1838
Image Not Available for How to Become a Great Mathematician. Monsieur Moutonnet, you have made yet another error in your calculations... copy out for me six times the verb: I have made a mistake in my addition! (Mr. Moutonnet, now furious, answers back with some signs, which really have very little in common with algebra)
How to Become a Great Mathematician. Monsieur Moutonnet, you have made yet another error in your calculations... copy out for me six times the verb: I have made a mistake in my addition! (Mr. Moutonnet, now furious, answers back with some signs, which really have very little in common with algebra)
1845
Image Not Available for My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty.
My dear friend, you really don't look very well this morning. I am not speaking to you as a doctor, but as a friend. I must insist in treating you.... better than I would treat myself. I am going to apply 30 leeches to your belly and if by tomorrow you have not improved, I'll apply another sixty.
1845
Image Not Available for Two o'clock. A snack for Azor. What can I do, my dear..... this poor beast only has me, you however, you have the entire world!
Two o'clock. A snack for Azor. What can I do, my dear..... this poor beast only has me, you however, you have the entire world!
1839
Image Not Available for Robert Macaire at the restaurant. - My God!... By the most appalling error my friend and I forgot to take some money this morning... As you don't have the honor of knowing us, may I offer you as collateral for the 6 francs, 25 centimes we owe you these ten shares of the newspaper La Presse, or perhaps my friend's hat. - I would really prefer your friend's hat!
Robert Macaire at the restaurant. - My God!... By the most appalling error my friend and I forgot to take some money this morning... As you don't have the honor of knowing us, may I offer you as collateral for the 6 francs, 25 centimes we owe you these ten shares of the newspaper La Presse, or perhaps my friend's hat. - I would really prefer your friend's hat!
1836
Image Not Available for It’s important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it’s a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he’ll learn it… he is still young!
It’s important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it’s a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he’ll learn it… he is still young!
1839