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Destouches|Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse

Your client is a scoundrel, from 'Sketches,' published in Le Charivari, June 6, 1866

June 6, 1866
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
22.9 × 21.6 cm (9 × 8.5 in)

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