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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

(He is reading a letter) “A date, could it be from the cute Mme Giraud?? Yes, but it could also come from her husband who wants to pinch me…,” plate 8 from Coquetterie

published May 14, 1840
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso
21.6 × 18.3 cm (8.5 × 7.2 in)

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