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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- As you can see, Monsieur, I have enforced in my school perfectly good discipline. You cannot imagine to what extent I succeeded implanting in these young scholars a deep sentiment of respect towards their teacher,” plate 23 from Professeurs Et Moutards

1846
Lithograph on ivory wove paper
19.6 × 25.5 cm (7.7 × 10 in)

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