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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Another Great Man. “I have it in my hand, my dear... here it is in writing.... this document confirms that my invention is a well-pumped and infinitely more clysterized machine than anything invented thus far... all Frenchmen must accept that,” plate 36 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

1844
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
23.4 × 22.4 cm (9.2 × 8.8 in)

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