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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Legs are Shaking. (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie

published October 18, 1840
Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso
23.4 × 19 cm (9.2 × 7.5 in)

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