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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Come, come, Mr. Pomard... keep your spirits up... only two more leagues and we can rest... - What a piece of luck, we didn't bag anything... I wouldn't even have the strength to carry a partridge,” plate 21 from Émotions De Chasse

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.4 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9.9 in)

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