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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- Would you please come back immediately... I do not allow my tenants to receive visitors once I have cleaned the staircase,” plate 1 from Messieurs Les Concierges

1858
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
21.8 × 26 cm (8.6 × 10.2 in)

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