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Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches

–I'll pretend to be asleep, otherwise he will never stop explaining his plans for amending his latest bill. –I'll make him believe that I am asleep or he will go on and on about the minutes of the last session, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 9, 1868

September 9, 1868
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
23.4 × 21 cm (9.2 × 8.3 in)

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