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Honoré Daumier

A forbidden swimming pleasure, from 'The bathers,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, August 6, 1864

August 6, 1864
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Deltiel)
15.5 × 25 cm (6.1 × 9.8 in)

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