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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens

1856
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
20.5 × 25.3 cm (8.1 × 10 in)

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