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Honoré Daumier

Jacques Bonhomme: Sorry, Madam, but you are really too decrepit!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 8, 1872

June 8, 1872
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
24.9 × 20.8 cm (9.8 × 8.2 in)

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