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Auguste Barbant|J. J. Grandville|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier

"I was in too much need of an omnibus, but as soon as it starts raining, they all seem to disappear as if by magic." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

1843
Wood engraving
28.5 × 19 cm (11.2 × 7.5 in)

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