Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

The landscape painters, the first copies nature, the second copies the first, from 'The artists,' published in Le Charivari, May 12, 1865

May 12, 1865
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
23.2 × 19.9 cm (9.1 × 7.8 in)

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