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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- My graft of a cherry slip on an apricot tree really didn't take.... strange, ... after all, I followed exactly the instructions in the 'Manual of Useful Knowledge,'” plate 7 from Pastorales

1845
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
25.5 × 21.7 cm (10 × 8.5 in)

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