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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Disadvantage of Buying a Newspaper That is Publishing the News Twelve Hours Before the others. “- How come I buy your paper and cannot find the news of today? - Sir, today's news was in yesterday's paper,” plate 139 from Actualités

1848
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
26.8 × 20.7 cm (10.6 × 8.1 in)

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