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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

They succeeded in acclimatizing the Indian potato to the French climate, but it is still a problem to acclimatize the French to the Indian potoato!, plate 1 from La Société D'acclimatation

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
19.4 × 22.8 cm (7.6 × 9 in)

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