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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa

published March 29, 1840
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso
23.5 × 21.1 cm (9.3 × 8.3 in)

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