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Est-ce que c’est vrai, mosieu [sic] d’Alby, que tu couperais des liards en quatres [sic] [Is it true, Monsieur d’Alby, that you can cut pennies into four pieces?], plate 37 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 10 April 184
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder. 

Est-ce que c’est vrai, mosieu [sic] d’Alby, que tu couperais des liards en quatres [sic] [Is it true, Monsieur d’Alby, that you can cut pennies into four pieces?], plate 37 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 10 April 184

Primary (Paris, France, 1804–1866)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1841
MediumLithograph with hand coloring
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (33.7 × 24 cm)
Image: 7 13/16 × 6 1/8 in. (19.9 × 15.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Ira and Virginia Jackson, 1985.50
Keywords
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1985.50
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published in Le Charivari, 10 April 1841
Image Not Available for Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets de Polichinelle, mosieu [sic] d’Alby [Mama said that you know all the secrets of Polichinelle, Monsieur d’Alby], plate 28 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 17 December 1840
Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets de Polichinelle, mosieu [sic] d’Alby [Mama said that you know all the secrets of Polichinelle, Monsieur d’Alby], plate 28 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 17 December 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Monsieur! n'est-ce pas que ça n’est pas vrai que vous n’avez pas les cheveux peints? [Sir! Isn’t it not true that you do not dye your hair?], plate 4 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 12 August 1839
Paul Gavarni
1839
Image Not Available for N’est-ce pas, Mosieu [sic] Prud’homme, qu’il ne faut pas mettre un H à omelette? … là! vois-tu M’man [sic]! … [Isn’t it true, Monsieur Prud’homme that you don’t put an H in omelet? See Mama!], plate 48 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children],
N’est-ce pas, Mosieu [sic] Prud’homme, qu’il ne faut pas mettre un H à omelette? … là! vois-tu M’man [sic]! … [Isn’t it true, Monsieur Prud’homme that you don’t put an H in omelet? See Mama!], plate 48 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children],
Paul Gavarni
1841
Image Not Available for Maman, c’est mosieu [sic] … tu sais, ce mosieu [sic] qui a ce nez [Mama, it’s that gentleman … you know, that gentleman who has that nose], plate 27 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 6 December 1840
Maman, c’est mosieu [sic] … tu sais, ce mosieu [sic] qui a ce nez [Mama, it’s that gentleman … you know, that gentleman who has that nose], plate 27 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 6 December 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
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Qu'est-ce donc qui l'a inventée la poudre, monsieur?...que papa dit que ce n’est pas vous...[Tell me, sir, who discovered the powder?...Because Papa said that it was not you...], plate 10 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivar
Paul Gavarni
1840
Image Not Available for N’est-ce pas, ma mère, que c'est bien vilain de dire: vous m’embêtez? [Mother, isn’t it naughty to say: you bother me?], plate 12 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 19 June 1840
N’est-ce pas, ma mère, que c'est bien vilain de dire: vous m’embêtez? [Mother, isn’t it naughty to say: you bother me?], plate 12 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 19 June 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
Image Not Available for N’est-ce pas, ma mère, que c'est bien vilain de dire: vous m’embêtez? [Mother, isn’t it naughty to say: you bother me?], plate 12 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 19 June 1840
N’est-ce pas, ma mère, que c'est bien vilain de dire: vous m’embêtez? [Mother, isn’t it naughty to say: you bother me?], plate 12 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 19 June 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
M’man [sic] n’y est pas parce que tu rentres avant cinq heures [Mama is not there because you returned before five o’clock], plate 47 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 3 October 1841
M’man [sic] n’y est pas parce que tu rentres avant cinq heures [Mama is not there because you returned before five o’clock], plate 47 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 3 October 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841
Image Not Available for Comment saviez-vous, Papa, que j’aimais Mosieu [sic] Léon? [How did you know, Papa, that I liked Monsieur Léon?], plate 37 from Fourberies de Femmes en matière de sentiment [The Guile of Women on Matters of Feeling], in Le Charivari, 29 June 1841
Comment saviez-vous, Papa, que j’aimais Mosieu [sic] Léon? [How did you know, Papa, that I liked Monsieur Léon?], plate 37 from Fourberies de Femmes en matière de sentiment [The Guile of Women on Matters of Feeling], in Le Charivari, 29 June 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841
Mosieu [sic] Belassis, moi j’ai pas des jambes en manches de veste [Monsieur Belassis, I have no legs in my jacket sleeves], plate 45 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 25 September 1841
Mosieu [sic] Belassis, moi j’ai pas des jambes en manches de veste [Monsieur Belassis, I have no legs in my jacket sleeves], plate 45 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 25 September 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841
Maman a écrit à mosieu [sic] Prosper et papa a vu la letter [Mama had written to Monsieur Prosper and Papa saw the letter], plate 49 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 29 May 1842
Maman a écrit à mosieu [sic] Prosper et papa a vu la letter [Mama had written to Monsieur Prosper and Papa saw the letter], plate 49 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 29 May 1842
Paul Gavarni
1842
Image Not Available for Que tu es donc godiche, Toinon [You are so silly, Toinon], plate 26 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 28 November 1840
Que tu es donc godiche, Toinon [You are so silly, Toinon], plate 26 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 28 November 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840