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Honoré Daumier|Walter Frères|Arnaud de Vresse

At the Chalons Camp: –Papa, why do they make the soldiers go out in the rain? –My boy, it is in order for them to learn to be under fire! from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 19, 1869

August 19, 1869
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
24 × 20.9 cm (9.4 × 8.2 in)

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