C'est-y-toi, dis, Majesté, qu'aurais jamais le cœur de ficher tant de coups de pied que - ça à une faible créature que le ciel aurait faite ton épouse devant Dieu et devant - les hommes?...

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · July 17, 1846

Figures to the knees. A worker and his wife arm in arm. The man, wearing hat, pipe in his mouth, his body leaning toward his wife at right. The latter, handkerchief tied on her head, has both hands crossed on her husband's arms. A house in the background on which on reads: "Bon vin."