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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“I can see Monsieur that you are not from Paris. Let me warn you: there are people who look perfectly harmless just like me. They might approach you and rob you!,” plate 21 from Types Parisiens

1840
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
18.5 × 22.8 cm (7.3 × 9 in)

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