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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Jules de L (also known as Lasteyrie the Argand lamp). Former member of the opposition, now ennemy of the light... blinded by the sudden appearance of the sun of the Republic, Jules de Lasteyrie now wears the eye-shade of the Constitutionnel, plate 33 from Les Représentans Représentés

1850
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
25.8 × 20.8 cm (10.2 × 8.2 in)

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