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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“-What a shame that I am not allowed go hunting,” plate 180 from Actualitiés

1867
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper, with letterpress verso
23.2 × 19.7 cm (9.1 × 7.8 in)

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