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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Revolt On Board. “- Ah! you want to be your own captain!... - Ah! you are treating me like an idiot... hey... I hope the Seine washes away that insult!,” plate 13 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in)

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