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The Blind Men
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The Blind Men

PortfolioPlate 142 from the series "Actualités"
Date1851
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 240 × 370 mm. (9 7/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object number1989.695
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for That good M. Ratapoil....He has promised them that after having signed the petition, larks would be falling down on their buttered toast!
That good M. Ratapoil....He has promised them that after having signed the petition, larks would be falling down on their buttered toast!
1851
Image Not Available for Where is this armed band of men going! Let's return home, wife, this looks scary!
Where is this armed band of men going! Let's return home, wife, this looks scary!
1848
Image Not Available for Where is this armed band of men going!...Let's return home, wife, this looks scary!...
Where is this armed band of men going!...Let's return home, wife, this looks scary!...
1848
Image Not Available for New toys presented by Ratapoil to the children of the Decemberists.
New toys presented by Ratapoil to the children of the Decemberists.
1851
Image Not Available for A teacher who is being obliged to turn a blind eye to the conduct of his students.
A teacher who is being obliged to turn a blind eye to the conduct of his students.
1845
Image Not Available for Changing his one-eyed horse for a blind one.
Changing his one-eyed horse for a blind one.
1866
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 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 This morning before dawn / A God came to wake me up / The curtains they were drawn / And my snoring had to stop / It is your daddy's birthday, / A time for gifts and flowers / To be placed on his head so gray / Instead of his morning showers.
This morning before dawn / A God came to wake me up / The curtains they were drawn / And my snoring had to stop / It is your daddy's birthday, / A time for gifts and flowers / To be placed on his head so gray / Instead of his morning showers.
1839
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 A newly converted Bonapartist. - God, how I loved that person! Still I deserted him.... I had to!
A newly converted Bonapartist. - God, how I loved that person! Still I deserted him.... I had to!
1851
Image Not Available for Lord Berryer is being knighted in the philanthropic-military order of December 10.
Lord Berryer is being knighted in the philanthropic-military order of December 10.
1851