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The password: Reaction...... pardon me, I am mistaken... Freedom.., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 31, 1869

December 31, 1869
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
23.2 × 24.8 cm (9.1 × 9.8 in)

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