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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Tell me, my friend, all the people who walk in this area turn around... could it be that this is the politician's district?,” plate 66 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra

1850
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
26.4 × 21.2 cm (10.4 × 8.3 in)

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