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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- You are not having your bottle of beer with us this evening... I can tell you are having a private dinner party today, you scoundrel...," plate 81 from Les Bons Bourgeois

1849
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
25.8 × 21.7 cm (10.2 × 8.5 in)

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