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J. J. Grandville|Honoré de Balzac|Pierre François Godard

"Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

ca. 1837–47
Wood engraving
26.3 × 18.4 cm (10.4 × 7.2 in)

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