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Honoré Daumier|Becquet|Aubert et Cie

Chimera of the imagination..., published in La Caricature no.118, February 7, 1833

February 7, 1833
Lithograph; first state of two (Delteil)
34.3 × 26.6 cm (13.5 × 10.5 in)

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