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Honoré Daumier

A Country House Near Paris: --Well, my dear... it's a good thing we had the idea to plant a house. Without it, we wouldn't have had shade all summer! from The Pleasures of a Country Holiday, published in Le Charivari

May 24, 1858
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
21.3 × 26.5 cm (8.4 × 10.4 in)

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