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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I'd regret if this mode gets to be out of fashion one day... these ladies are doing half of my job!,” plate 438 from Actualités

1857
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.4 × 25.7 cm (8 × 10.1 in)

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