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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"From your obedient subjects receive on your day of honor these two modest bunches of flowers. They will make you rejoice, since the people of France alone has taken over the costs," plate 486

1835
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.7 × 27.3 cm (8.1 × 10.7 in)

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