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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I never laughed so much as at the funeral of Bourdin's daughter.......” (Henri Monnier), plate 303 from Souvenirs d’artistes

1862
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)
19.9 × 21.4 cm (7.8 × 8.4 in)

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