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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Horticulturists of Nanterre tiptoeing at midnight towards the cactus grandiflorus in order to surprise it in its blossoming, plate 323 from Actualités

1856
Lithograph on ivory wove paper
21 × 26.5 cm (8.3 × 10.4 in)

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