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Whatever became of you, Mr. Brown? - I became an unlicensed broker at the Stock Exchange...
Image Not Available for Whatever became of you, Mr. Brown? - I became an unlicensed broker at the Stock Exchange...

Whatever became of you, Mr. Brown? - I became an unlicensed broker at the Stock Exchange...

PortfolioPlate 29 from the series "Tout ce qu'on voudra"
Date1848
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 349 x 248 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object number1950.12.612
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Let's be quite clear. - Bertrand is going to sneak in and out of the groups at the stock exchange and polish up the tarred bitumen shares, he'll make them sparkle, he'll say they're being snapped up, snatched up all round, that they're rising like balloons... As for you, Baron, you have a certain 'savoir faire', go and buy some for 20%, 30%, even 100% more. I've got the whole lot in my wallet, they won't be able to deliver any, we'll sell them for what we like and providence will do the rest. - (Bertrand) Forward march against the dupes, let's cash in... fly... etc.
Let's be quite clear. - Bertrand is going to sneak in and out of the groups at the stock exchange and polish up the tarred bitumen shares, he'll make them sparkle, he'll say they're being snapped up, snatched up all round, that they're rising like balloons... As for you, Baron, you have a certain 'savoir faire', go and buy some for 20%, 30%, even 100% more. I've got the whole lot in my wallet, they won't be able to deliver any, we'll sell them for what we like and providence will do the rest. - (Bertrand) Forward march against the dupes, let's cash in... fly... etc.
1838
Image Not Available for Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
Delighted to find himself on show, the original takes his wife to the exhibition, and places her before his image to enjoy the opinion of the crowd. - Look, some say, it's the Chinese commissioner Lin! - No, others say, don't you see, it's natural history! - It's... resumes one gentleman in possession of the catalogue, it's the portrait of Mr. D..... insurance broker: - Oh well, with a bonce like that he doesn't need to insure himself, he'll not easily be snatched up. (Madame, his wife, leaves exceedingly flattered)
1842
Image Not Available for Desolation of the Cossacks at the stock exchange after the announcement of the Turkish victory.
Desolation of the Cossacks at the stock exchange after the announcement of the Turkish victory.
1854
Image Not Available for Intelligence Was Mine! I Became the Buddha (L'intelligence fût à moi! Je devins le Bouddha)
Intelligence Was Mine! I Became the Buddha (L'intelligence fût à moi! Je devins le Bouddha)
1896
Image Not Available for Look, the quotations from the stock exchange... are our shares going up? - Right now, the only thing that climbs is the barometer!
Look, the quotations from the stock exchange... are our shares going up? - Right now, the only thing that climbs is the barometer!
1865
Image Not Available for Gaspard Became Aware That He Was Leaving for the Army
Gaspard Became Aware That He Was Leaving for the Army
1818-1819
Image Not Available for Robert Macaire, Hypnotist. This is a perfect subject for hypnosis... There is absolutely no connection between us... I do not know Mademoiselle de St. Bertrand, and you gentlemen, are going to be able to experience the effect of somnambulism.... (In her sleep, Mlle de St. Bertrand gives diagnoses on everybody’s ailments, omdocates hidden underground treasures, gives investment advice conc. the Mozart Paper Co. stocks, in gold mines and in other fine investments.)
Robert Macaire, Hypnotist. This is a perfect subject for hypnosis... There is absolutely no connection between us... I do not know Mademoiselle de St. Bertrand, and you gentlemen, are going to be able to experience the effect of somnambulism.... (In her sleep, Mlle de St. Bertrand gives diagnoses on everybody’s ailments, omdocates hidden underground treasures, gives investment advice conc. the Mozart Paper Co. stocks, in gold mines and in other fine investments.)
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 Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death....for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave.... - And if you don't keep your promises? - Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death....for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave.... - And if you don't keep your promises? - Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
1838
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 Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time
Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time
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