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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Pleasures of Fishing. “- You are always in such a rush - Good God, we only just got here at noon and it is now only a quarter past five - Just give me a little more time, I am sure I'll end by catching one,” plate 50 from Moeurs Conjugales

1842
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
24.1 × 22.4 cm (9.5 × 8.8 in)

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