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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- What a fuss this sour-face from the fifth floor is making! Wearing a hat just to buy two cups of milk for one sou! - Oh, Madame Capitaine, aren't we fancy today...,” plate 36 Types Parisiens

1840
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
16.9 × 21.4 cm (6.7 × 8.4 in)

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