Charles’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Physiology of Drinking: The Four Ages
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

The Street Singers
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) prints eventually published in Le Monde illustré (French, founded 1856)

The Auction House: The Auctioneer
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Interior of a Bus
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

The Auction House: The Auctioneer
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Painter and the Bourgeois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Box Office
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Painting Experts
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

The Street Singers
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

The Auction House: The Expert
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Le Boulevard des Italiens, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Boulevard du Temple à minuit, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Train de plaisir, dix degrés d'ennui et de mauvaise humeur, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Le couplet final, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Photographes et photographiés, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Preview at the Auction House Drouot
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

At the Universal Exhibition: Security check at the entrance: the bald need to lift their hats, and the the short-sighted need to remove their glasses
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

At the Universal Exhibition: The producer of felt hats. Here you can see a live rabbit, which I will dump into the machine like that…..
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Les amateurs de tableaux à l'hôtel Bouillon, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)

Un bureau d'attente d'omnibus, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois
Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904) after Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873-1941) published by Jules Meynial (French, 20th century)