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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

D'Arg...., plate 188 from Célébrités de la Caricature

1832
Lithograph in black, with hand coloring, on ivory wove paper, fixed (fixative discolored to yellow)
35.6 × 26.4 cm (14 × 10.4 in)

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