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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Coachman, are you booked? - No, citizen. - Well then: 'you'd rather accept being advised than hired out?,'” plate 49 from Émotions Parisiennes

1842
Lithograph in black on white wove paper, with letterpress verso
23.4 × 19.6 cm (9.2 × 7.7 in)

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