For whom are these serpents, whistling around your head? (Andromaque - Fureurs d'Oreste).

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For whom are these serpents, whistling around your head? (Andromaque - Fureurs d'Oreste).
Image Not Available for For whom are these serpents, whistling around your head? (Andromaque - Fureurs d'Oreste).

For whom are these serpents, whistling around your head? (Andromaque - Fureurs d'Oreste).

PortfolioPlate 2 from the series "Physionomies"
Date1841
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 246 × 285 mm. (9 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Brenda Richardson, Baltimore
Object number1976.81.3
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for I'm annoyed about my chariots and my javelins; I don't even remember old Neptune's teachings! (Phèdre)
I'm annoyed about my chariots and my javelins; I don't even remember old Neptune's teachings! (Phèdre)
1841
Image Not Available for Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that your were drinking again with the scoundrel whom she's forbidden your hanging around.
Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that your were drinking again with the scoundrel whom she's forbidden your hanging around.
1851-1852
Image Not Available for Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that your were drinking again with the scoundrel whom she's forbidden your hanging around.
Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that your were drinking again with the scoundrel whom she's forbidden your hanging around.
1852
Image Not Available for Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that you were drinking again with the scoundrel with whom she has forbidden you to hang around
Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that you were drinking again with the scoundrel with whom she has forbidden you to hang around
1851-1852
Image Not Available for The Bailiff's Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!... they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!
The Bailiff's Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!... they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!
1841
Image Not Available for If you only knew how pretty you are!... Pretend you are playing! - stop it.. DO - You don't love me!...SO - I'll' always be yours. ... MI
If you only knew how pretty you are!... Pretend you are playing! - stop it.. DO - You don't love me!...SO - I'll' always be yours. ... MI
1841
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 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 Don't just leave your friend in his state! - This, my friend? He is my doorkeeper!!
Don't just leave your friend in his state! - This, my friend? He is my doorkeeper!!
1841
Image Not Available for Waiter, what is this? You are not taking good care of your interests! You should have covered and breeded the egg. Then you could have served the little chicken on watercress!
Waiter, what is this? You are not taking good care of your interests! You should have covered and breeded the egg. Then you could have served the little chicken on watercress!
1841
Image Not Available for Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
1859
Image Not Available for Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
1837