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The world fair: Pardon me for not offering you a chair, but you know... Peace: Don't worry, I am not used to being seated, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 16, 1867

September 16, 1867
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
24 × 21 cm (9.4 × 8.3 in)

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