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Image Not Available for Qu’est-ce que tu lis là? --“Le Mérite des femmes” --T’es malade? [What are you reading there? --“The Merit of Women” --Are you crazy?], plate 41 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 29 January 1843
Qu’est-ce que tu lis là? --“Le Mérite des femmes” --T’es malade? [What are you reading there? --“The Merit of Women” --Are you crazy?], plate 41 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 29 January 1843
Image Not Available for Qu’est-ce que tu lis là? --“Le Mérite des femmes” --T’es malade? [What are you reading there? --“The Merit of Women” --Are you crazy?], plate 41 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 29 January 1843

Qu’est-ce que tu lis là? --“Le Mérite des femmes” --T’es malade? [What are you reading there? --“The Merit of Women” --Are you crazy?], plate 41 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 29 January 1843

Primary (Paris, France, 1804–1866)
Printer
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1843
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/8 × 7 11/16 in. (28.3 × 19.5 cm)
Image: 7 13/16 × 6 1/16 in. (19.9 × 15.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin and Ethel Romansky, 1982.412
Keywords
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.412
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published in Le Charivari, 29 January 1843
Image Not Available for Ce que c’est pourtant que nos sentimens [sic]! [Our feelings are what they are, though!], plate 27 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 7 October 1842
Ce que c’est pourtant que nos sentimens [sic]! [Our feelings are what they are, though!], plate 27 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 7 October 1842
Paul Gavarni
1842
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
Image Not Available for C’est le papa de mosieu [sic] Arthur qui est un mosieu [sic] embêtant! Cré chien! [It’s the father of Monsieur Arthur who is an annoying man! Cursed dog!], plate 71 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 29 September 1843
C’est le papa de mosieu [sic] Arthur qui est un mosieu [sic] embêtant! Cré chien! [It’s the father of Monsieur Arthur who is an annoying man! Cursed dog!], plate 71 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 29 September 1843
Paul Gavarni
1843
Image Not Available for 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
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 Étais-tu mauvaise avec moi, ma femme [Were you angry with me, my wife], plate 18 from Impressions de Ménage [Household Impressions], in Le Charivari, 31 August 1843
Étais-tu mauvaise avec moi, ma femme [Were you angry with me, my wife], plate 18 from Impressions de Ménage [Household Impressions], in Le Charivari, 31 August 1843
Paul Gavarni
1843
Image Not Available for 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
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
Paul Gavarni
1841
Image Not Available for A Montmartre, plate 55 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 18 June 1843
A Montmartre, plate 55 from Les Lorettes, in Le Charivari, 18 June 1843
Paul Gavarni
1843
Image Not Available for Ratification des Traités [Ratification of Treaties], plate 19 from Politique des femmes [Feminine Politics], in Le Charivari, 7 January 1843
Ratification des Traités [Ratification of Treaties], plate 19 from Politique des femmes [Feminine Politics], in Le Charivari, 7 January 1843
Paul Gavarni
circa 1843
Image Not Available for Droite de visite [Visitation rights], plate 20 from Politique des femmes [Feminine Politics], in Le Charivari, 10 January 1843
Droite de visite [Visitation rights], plate 20 from Politique des femmes [Feminine Politics], in Le Charivari, 10 January 1843
Paul Gavarni
1843
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
Image Not Available for Qu’est-ce? Les gens de qualité se commettent-ils maintenant avec ceux de votre sorte? pandour! [What? Do people of quality now associate themselves with those of your sort? Guard!], plate 4 from Le Carnaval à Paris [Carnival in Paris], in Le Charivari, 4
Qu’est-ce? Les gens de qualité se commettent-ils maintenant avec ceux de votre sorte? pandour! [What? Do people of quality now associate themselves with those of your sort? Guard!], plate 4 from Le Carnaval à Paris [Carnival in Paris], in Le Charivari, 4
Paul Gavarni
1841
Image Not Available for …à présent tu peux filer! […now you can go!], plate 35 from Les Étudians [sic] de Paris [Students of Paris], in Le Charivari, 29 June 1840
…à présent tu peux filer! […now you can go!], plate 35 from Les Étudians [sic] de Paris [Students of Paris], in Le Charivari, 29 June 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840