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A terrible nightmare.
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A terrible nightmare.

PortfolioPlate 70 from the series "Actualités"
Date1853, printed later with reworking
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 203 × 264 mm. (8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineNelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object number1963.313.54
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Last Updated1/11/24
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Image Not Available for He places himself on a dangerous slope.
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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 A paternal lesson.
A paternal lesson.
1866
Image Not Available for Emma!...I love you!
Emma!...I love you!
1838
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 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 (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 A deputy's nightmare. - Oh my friend, what has happened? - I dreamed I was invalidated.
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Image Not Available for Old runners-up from the conservatory
Old runners-up from the conservatory
1865
Image Not Available for These cretins!..... they have dismissed me... Me, who hold a position of social importance!... just to appoint this...... hat maker!
These cretins!..... they have dismissed me... Me, who hold a position of social importance!... just to appoint this...... hat maker!
1840