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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The New Blockhouses. “- No more rent to pay, Monsieur Vautour... and we are no longer afraid of the janitor..... in our chalets we are all Swiss,” plate 332 from Actualités

1856
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
19.7 × 24.8 cm (7.8 × 9.8 in)

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