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My sister was saying yesterday, she thinks you are just too ugly!
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!

PortfolioPlate 37 from the series "Croquis d'expressions"
Date1838
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 231 × 204 mm. (9 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object number1963.109.38
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
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 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?
1838
Image Not Available for Damned landlord!... You are the source of all my troubles. It was you who insisted to be portrayed by me to cover the outstanding rent.... now the jury has rejected my paintings saying they were just too ugly! I am sure it wasn't my work they found to be horrible.... it was your face!
Damned landlord!... You are the source of all my troubles. It was you who insisted to be portrayed by me to cover the outstanding rent.... now the jury has rejected my paintings saying they were just too ugly! I am sure it wasn't my work they found to be horrible.... it was your face!
1859
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 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 Robert Macaire, business agent. Yesterday I made a mistake when I said that your business is in good shape. It's detestable. The government owes you five hundred thousand francs, it's true, but the debt hasn't been recognized, there's a forfeiture today, you won't have a penny. However, come to think of it, there's Mr. de St. Bertrand, a rich capitalist, an imbecile, sell him your interests for a hundred crowns, that'll be a splendid deal... (aside) and not expensive.
Robert Macaire, business agent. Yesterday I made a mistake when I said that your business is in good shape. It's detestable. The government owes you five hundred thousand francs, it's true, but the debt hasn't been recognized, there's a forfeiture today, you won't have a penny. However, come to think of it, there's Mr. de St. Bertrand, a rich capitalist, an imbecile, sell him your interests for a hundred crowns, that'll be a splendid deal... (aside) and not expensive.
1836
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 Robert Macaire bookseller. Ladies and gentlemen, would there be anyone in this pleasant place who'd like to make himself a nice little income, without difficulty and without working?... If there is someone he should stock my primers... You don't have to be a bookseller to be a specialist in this trade, you don't even have to know how to read, quite the contrary!... You only have to pay me a deposit... The bigger the better, as the saying goes.
Robert Macaire bookseller. Ladies and gentlemen, would there be anyone in this pleasant place who'd like to make himself a nice little income, without difficulty and without working?... If there is someone he should stock my primers... You don't have to be a bookseller to be a specialist in this trade, you don't even have to know how to read, quite the contrary!... You only have to pay me a deposit... The bigger the better, as the saying goes.
1836
Image Not Available for Listen to me policeman! I just got married yesterday, I returned from my wedding and I am going to bed! - You will have to come with me... it's the law! - But marriage is also a law!
Listen to me policeman! I just got married yesterday, I returned from my wedding and I am going to bed! - You will have to come with me... it's the law! - But marriage is also a law!
1839
Image Not Available for Listen to me policeman! I just got married yesterday, I returned from my wedding and I am going to bed! - You will have to come with me... it's the law! - But marriage is also a law!
Listen to me policeman! I just got married yesterday, I returned from my wedding and I am going to bed! - You will have to come with me... it's the law! - But marriage is also a law!
1839
Image Not Available for Californian Shareholders. - Yesterday I invested 5000 Francs in the purchase of 1000 shares of a California Gold Mining Company.... we have the exploitation right of the left bank of the Sacramento river.... I think this will be a good business.... and the manager is just as convinced as I am. - I prefer a company, called "the golden hoax"... I have put all my money into it.
Californian Shareholders. - Yesterday I invested 5000 Francs in the purchase of 1000 shares of a California Gold Mining Company.... we have the exploitation right of the left bank of the Sacramento river.... I think this will be a good business.... and the manager is just as convinced as I am. - I prefer a company, called "the golden hoax"... I have put all my money into it.
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