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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Achilles and Agamemnon. Achilles: “- And what do I care about your Troy!,” plate one from Physionomies Tragiques

1851
Lithograph in black, with pen and brown ink and red and blue adhesive spots, from detached caption label, on white wove paper
20.2 × 28.8 cm (8 × 11.3 in)

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