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Honoré Daumier

The incomparable somnabulist," from 'Memories of the celebration at St. Cloud,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, September 16, 1865

September 16, 1865
Lithograph on newsprint; fourth state of four (undescribed, Delteil)
14 × 24.2 cm (5.5 × 9.5 in)

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