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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“Monsieur, Monsieur, here's your handkerchief. Madame has put some Eau de Cologne on it and she said you should ask at the Guard whether you might get a foot warmer,” plate 47 from Moeurs Conjugales

1842
Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
25.2 × 22.4 cm (9.9 × 8.8 in)

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