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Fournier & Perrotin|Pierre Jean de Béranger|Melchior Péronard|Eugène Devéria|François Plée|François-Louis Français

The Sword of Damocles, from "The Songs of Béranger"

1829
Intaglio
21.9 × 14 cm (8.6 × 5.5 in)

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