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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Mountebanks. “- Oh Maître Bilboquet, we have had it... these clowns will steal our show! Don't you worry, Gringaillet, they're no competition, they are just comedians!,” from Les Saltimbanques

1839
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
21.1 × 28 cm (8.3 × 11 in)

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