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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Baigneurs

1840
Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper
19.7 × 26.2 cm (7.8 × 10.3 in)

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