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Honoré Daumier

Wretched lettuce... I am spending entire days watering it and it is still thirsty, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, October 4, 1865

October 4, 1865
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
16.5 × 24.8 cm (6.5 × 9.8 in)

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