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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Holiday in the Country. “- Life in the country really isn't all that entertaining, as they all say. - And to think that spring has only just begun,” plate 14 from Ces Bons Parisiens

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.3 × 25.8 cm (8 × 10.2 in)

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