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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Sue him.....sue him..... That would be a good trick to play on your neighbour... it would eat up all his savings, at least 100 écus.... - Yes but I would also have to eat into my savings and I really have no appetite for that....,” plate 29 from Les Gens De Justice

1846
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
19.2 × 24.3 cm (7.6 × 9.6 in)

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