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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

On a beau dire..., from Ces Bons Parisiens, published in "Le Charivari"

September 4, 1857
Lithograph; second state of two (Delteil)
25.4 × 34.1 cm (10 × 13.4 in)

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