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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"- I wonder why this beast is following me all the time... I'll happily be paying 6 sous to jump on a bus," plate 1 from Émotions De Chasse

1854
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
21.3 × 26.1 cm (8.4 × 10.3 in)

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