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Brugnot|J. J. Grandville|Henri Fournier|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues

"Mèderic, delighted in the seventh heaven, leans over to check his conquest..." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

1843
Wood engraving
28.5 × 19 cm (11.2 × 7.5 in)

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