Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Mr. Prudhomme: “There you are again, my son... another innocent victim of the murderous lead.... poor little duck... pray, you never shall become a hunter, my son!” Young Adolph: “But Daddy, I'd rather like to be a hunter than a dead duck!,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.8 × 26.7 cm (8.2 × 10.5 in)

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