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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Turnstile. A new machine invented by the enemy of crinoline petticoats, plate 15 from L'exposition Universelle

1855
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
19.9 × 22.8 cm (7.8 × 9 in)

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