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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- All right Rigobert, my old friend.... we are going to make a long trip today.... did you bring enough provisions on board of our vessel? - Don't talk about it.... all I was able to bring along are two biscuits and a red herring,” plate 1 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
24.6 × 19.5 cm (9.7 × 7.7 in)

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