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Honoré Daumier

Working in the garden can be fun... but there are days when it is just too damn hot!, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, September 14, 1865

September 14, 1865
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
16.7 × 24.3 cm (6.6 × 9.6 in)

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