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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Having finally found the solution to spend the summer of 1857 in a pleasant way, plate 429 from Actualités

1857
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
20.2 × 26.1 cm (8 × 10.3 in)

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