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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Reception. “Gentlemen..... let's drink to the health of the French sailors in general and to the new teammate Greluchon in particular!.... and while waiting for his baptism by fire, we'll give him in the meantime one with water,” plate 10 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
23 × 19.8 cm (9.1 × 7.8 in)

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