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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

Ne t'assoies pas là-dessus malheureuse!.... c'est peut-être le crocodile de la Patrie!...., from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, July 8, 1858

July 8, 1858
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
23.3 × 30.2 cm (9.2 × 11.9 in)

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