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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

The defendant (whispering to his lawyer): All this seems to bore the president. Why don't you just suggest to simply let me go home, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, February 17, 1866

February 17, 1866
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
22.7 × 21.3 cm (8.9 × 8.4 in)

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