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J. J. Grandville

Man in a Nightshirt Reaching for a Bottle Labeled "Fountain of Youth"

1803–47
Pen and brown ink on wove paper, laid down on brown wove paper
30.2 × 23.4 cm (11.9 × 9.2 in)

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