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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Oysters at 25 sous a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 sous to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense,” plate 18 from Actualités

1866
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
23.9 × 20.6 cm (9.4 × 8.1 in)

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