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A child with little ambitions: the Constitutionnel will keep him busy for the whole evening
Image Not Available for A child with little ambitions: the Constitutionnel will keep him busy for the whole evening

A child with little ambitions: the Constitutionnel will keep him busy for the whole evening

PortfolioPlate 11 from the series "Les Papas"
Date1847
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 244 x 221 mm. (9 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Blanche Adler
Object number1929.17.21.27
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Quite a hare... not bad for a hare!... good idea to keep him behind bars. - I think they also should have muzzled him.
Quite a hare... not bad for a hare!... good idea to keep him behind bars. - I think they also should have muzzled him.
1856
Image Not Available for Where reading the Constitutionnel can lead you!
Where reading the Constitutionnel can lead you!
1845
Image Not Available for Jules de Lasteyrie. (also known as Lasteyrie the Argand lamp). Former member of the opposition, now ennemy of the light... blinded by the sudden appearance of the sun of the Republic, Jules de Lasteyrie now wears the eye-shade of the Constitutionnel.
Jules de Lasteyrie. (also known as Lasteyrie the Argand lamp). Former member of the opposition, now ennemy of the light... blinded by the sudden appearance of the sun of the Republic, Jules de Lasteyrie now wears the eye-shade of the Constitutionnel.
1850
Image Not Available for Grrrrrand move of the Constitutionnel.
Grrrrrand move of the Constitutionnel.
1846
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 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 Clandestine Moving. - Don't worry, this is just our friend Cabassol who does not feel well. We are taking him home.
Clandestine Moving. - Don't worry, this is just our friend Cabassol who does not feel well. We are taking him home.
1847
Image Not Available for Don't you worry... just let him say some nasty things about you. Just wait, what I will say about his family...
Don't you worry... just let him say some nasty things about you. Just wait, what I will say about his family...
1847
Image Not Available for The new upholsterer of the Crown busy covering the old throne with a new material.
The new upholsterer of the Crown busy covering the old throne with a new material.
1850
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 The Constitutionnel and the wandering Jew. - Come on, old man, let's go, come on! If I can't even make you walk, then your infirmity is really a constitutional problem...
The Constitutionnel and the wandering Jew. - Come on, old man, let's go, come on! If I can't even make you walk, then your infirmity is really a constitutional problem...
1844
Image Not Available for This is a so called merchant, victim of his victims, crazy, squanderer and intriguing. He pays 1% to his creditors for 10 years, forgets about the past, does not care about the future, struts about the Bois de Boulogne with his yellow gloves, strolls along the boulevard des Italiens and theatre lobbies. He talks of honour and decency and calls his creditors thieves. He loves the pose of the political, industrial and moral victim and splashes the whole world.
This is a so called merchant, victim of his victims, crazy, squanderer and intriguing. He pays 1% to his creditors for 10 years, forgets about the past, does not care about the future, struts about the Bois de Boulogne with his yellow gloves, strolls along the boulevard des Italiens and theatre lobbies. He talks of honour and decency and calls his creditors thieves. He loves the pose of the political, industrial and moral victim and splashes the whole world.
1840