Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: Ninie, I've just had an idea 1853

"Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: Ninie, I've just had an idea" is a lithograph by Paul Gavarni, created in 1853. The artwork depicts a couple, a man and a woman, seated in a room, the woman looks down at a book in her lap. The man has a bored and tired expression, and appears to be distracted. This lithograph is part of Gavarni's series of social commentary on the lives of Parisian couples. The work is a humorous look at the gender roles and dynamics within marriage during the mid-19th century. The drawing has been housed at the Art Institute of Chicago since 1948.