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Eugène Rouher|Honoré Daumier

Poor Mr. Rouher! A voice (in the wings): –Go ahead! Jump! He: –But I'll sink to the bottom!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 9, 1872

May 9, 1872
Lithograph on newsprint
24.2 × 22.4 cm (9.5 × 8.8 in)

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