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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

Ce qui nous prouve comme quoi il est... inutile..., from Croquis Dramatiques, published in Le Charivari, May 23, 1857

May 23, 1857
Lithograph; second state of two (Delteil)
27 × 35.6 cm (10.6 × 14 in)

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