Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!

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Image Not Available for Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!
Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!
Image Not Available for Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!

Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!

PortfolioPlate 19 from the series "Emotions Parisiennes"
Date1839
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 292 x 197 mm. (11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Dr. Raymond D. Havens
Object number1955.197a
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Last Updated1/11/24
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 Robert Macaire, sollicitor. - We've won, my dear fellow, won on every count! - And about time too. A case which has lasted ten years and has ruined me! - Better late than never! - How much did I get back in the end? - Here you are: The court awarded you 12'000 Fr, we totalled 13'500 Fr in expenses, you only owe me 1'500 Fr. - But that means I lose 1'500 Fr . - Yes, but you've won your case.
Robert Macaire, sollicitor. - We've won, my dear fellow, won on every count! - And about time too. A case which has lasted ten years and has ruined me! - Better late than never! - How much did I get back in the end? - Here you are: The court awarded you 12'000 Fr, we totalled 13'500 Fr in expenses, you only owe me 1'500 Fr. - But that means I lose 1'500 Fr . - Yes, but you've won your case.
1836
Image Not Available for To have lost his bets in Domino... and his purse on the street....
To have lost his bets in Domino... and his purse on the street....
1839
Image Not Available for For the seventh time..... will you please leave from my seat, otherwise...! - Otherwise what? - Otherwise I would have to go home.... which is really quite inconvenient to me.
For the seventh time..... will you please leave from my seat, otherwise...! - Otherwise what? - Otherwise I would have to go home.... which is really quite inconvenient to me.
1864
Image Not Available for Someone stole a thousand franc note from me, Monsieur. - Very well! I've your case in hand, Madame. The thief is one of my friends. - Then I would like to have my money back and know who took it. - Nothing easier than that. Let me have 1'500F for my trouble and tomorrow the thief will return your money and give you his card.
Someone stole a thousand franc note from me, Monsieur. - Very well! I've your case in hand, Madame. The thief is one of my friends. - Then I would like to have my money back and know who took it. - Nothing easier than that. Let me have 1'500F for my trouble and tomorrow the thief will return your money and give you his card.
1836
Image Not Available for Porcelain Collectors. - Come on, Adelaide.... be reasonable... it's already one o'clock and time to go to bed! - Adolphe, leave me alone... I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer... the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.
Porcelain Collectors. - Come on, Adelaide.... be reasonable... it's already one o'clock and time to go to bed! - Adolphe, leave me alone... I want to admire my oeuvre a bit longer... the candlelight makes it looks a hundred times more beautiful.
1855
Image Not Available for Here is your account: I owed you 150'000 Francs; I already have given you a downpayment of 100 Francs, plus another 50 Francs later, which makes the total 150 Francs. I now give you another 1'000 Francs, which brings the total to 150'000. Please be so kind to sign that we are even now.
Here is your account: I owed you 150'000 Francs; I already have given you a downpayment of 100 Francs, plus another 50 Francs later, which makes the total 150 Francs. I now give you another 1'000 Francs, which brings the total to 150'000. Please be so kind to sign that we are even now.
1843
Image Not Available for You have to excuse me, I am going to dine. ... by the way, have you had your dinner already? - no, not yet. - Well, well, I'll have mine before you then. Goodbye.
You have to excuse me, I am going to dine. ... by the way, have you had your dinner already? - no, not yet. - Well, well, I'll have mine before you then. Goodbye.
1852
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 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 I have already forbidden you to call me Master..... why don't you understand that all men are brothers!.... you animal!
I have already forbidden you to call me Master..... why don't you understand that all men are brothers!.... you animal!
1844
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