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But I am telling you, they are friends.... they are just expressing themselves to each other.
Image Not Available for But I am telling you, they are friends.... they are just expressing themselves to each other.

But I am telling you, they are friends.... they are just expressing themselves to each other.

PortfolioPlate 9 from the series "Les Amis"
Date1845
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 246 × 194 mm. (9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object number1963.109.109
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Come on you scoundrel, come on! - Just you wait, you crook! - Oh come on Alfred, after all you know each other already for some twenty years! When you are friends, it's different than when you are not friends.
Come on you scoundrel, come on! - Just you wait, you crook! - Oh come on Alfred, after all you know each other already for some twenty years! When you are friends, it's different than when you are not friends.
1874
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 It's just because he's your friend, and because he has been introduced to me by you that I will let him subscribe to the last 20 shares of my colossal newspaper the European.... it will be a gold mine, and one day, he will thank you properly for it.
It's just because he's your friend, and because he has been introduced to me by you that I will let him subscribe to the last 20 shares of my colossal newspaper the European.... it will be a gold mine, and one day, he will thank you properly for it.
1845
Image Not Available for Not knowing any longer how to spend their free time, the three friends of peace have decided to declare war against each other.
Not knowing any longer how to spend their free time, the three friends of peace have decided to declare war against each other.
1856
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 An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1848
Image Not Available for An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1848
Image Not Available for The Ladies' Bath. Yes, my dear, it is just the way I have the honour of telling you. I was pregnant with him for eleven months and people thought I was dropsical. Would you believe that this is already six years ago? He takes after his father, drum-major of the 6th legion. Sings the Marseillaise (national anthem) by heart and has a drink in the morning like a real fire-fighter. Oh, my little darling, come here and give your mother a kiss!
The Ladies' Bath. Yes, my dear, it is just the way I have the honour of telling you. I was pregnant with him for eleven months and people thought I was dropsical. Would you believe that this is already six years ago? He takes after his father, drum-major of the 6th legion. Sings the Marseillaise (national anthem) by heart and has a drink in the morning like a real fire-fighter. Oh, my little darling, come here and give your mother a kiss!
1841
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
Image Not Available for The engagement of an artist. - So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!
The engagement of an artist. - So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!
1845
Image Not Available for Exploiting friendship. My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would like them to taste our champagne, we'll laugh... wait a minute! I've an idea. What if we went to the wood? We could take your barouche and you could lend us some clothes as we only came to pay a simple visite... In the meantime, why don't you give us some cards and some Napoleons to pass the time. Eh? My good Alphonse, dear chap. How about it?
Exploiting friendship. My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would like them to taste our champagne, we'll laugh... wait a minute! I've an idea. What if we went to the wood? We could take your barouche and you could lend us some clothes as we only came to pay a simple visite... In the meantime, why don't you give us some cards and some Napoleons to pass the time. Eh? My good Alphonse, dear chap. How about it?
1837
Image Not Available for A new way to float down the river of life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled with water coming from the holes in the pockets of my pants.
A new way to float down the river of life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled with water coming from the holes in the pockets of my pants.
1843