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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- But you told me that children are not allowed in this house... - Sir, these are not children... they are the sons of the owner!...,” plate 23 from Croquis Parisiens, - par Daumier

1857
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper, with letterpress verso
21 × 26.6 cm (8.3 × 10.5 in)

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