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Horace Vernet|Godefroy Engelmann

The Old Woman and the Two Maids, plate no. 118 from "Fables choisies de La Fontaine ornées de figures lithographiques..."

ca. 1818–21
Lithograph; second state of three
20.7 × 24.2 cm (8.1 × 9.5 in)

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