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Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier|J. J. Grandville|Auguste Barbant

"We drew and barricaded ourselves in my kitchen; it truly a state of seige." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

1843
Wood engraving
28.5 × 19 cm (11.2 × 7.5 in)

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