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A deputy's nightmare: –Oh my friend, what has happened? –I dreamed I was invalidated, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 7, 1869

December 7, 1869
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
24 × 20.3 cm (9.4 × 8 in)

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