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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Now what? Are we going to continue hunting during the rain? - Not at all! The animals are just as afraid of the rain as we are. They might not be able to find this shelter, and we would end up losing too many of them!,” plate 5 from Croquis De Chasse

1859
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.6 × 25.8 cm (8.1 × 10.2 in)

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