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Paul Gavarni [Chevalier]

Rien n'est si joli que la fable, si triste que la vérité!, plate 30 from the suite Les Lorettes, published in "Le Charivari"

October 21, 1842
Lithograph; first state of three
36 × 25.5 cm (14.2 × 10 in)

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