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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Worries of a Wine Grower. “- We escaped the frost..... all we now have to worry about is the sun, the rain, the vine-mildew and all the rest...,” plate 397 from Actualités

1857
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.9 × 24.4 cm (8.2 × 9.6 in)

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