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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Sense of Hearing. “- Wake up Nini!.... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies: yes Adolphe. But neither the child's name nor mine is Adolphe!,” plate 41 from Types Parisiens

1839
Lithograph in black on white wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper
19.6 × 22.4 cm (7.7 × 8.8 in)

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