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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

De l'utilité d'une famille pour une cantatrice, from Croquis Dramatiques, published in Le Charivari, January 28, 1857

January 28, 1857
Lithograph; second state of two (Delteil)
25.3 × 36.5 cm (10 × 14.4 in)

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