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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I would have bet on it… instead of taking him to see Séraphin you take him to a drama.... it's bad enough for adults already, poor little thing!... - Don't worry Madame, this is the way children are enjoying themselves,” plate 34 from Moeurs Conjugales

1841
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
21 × 23 cm (8.3 × 9.1 in)

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