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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Naval Combat. “- So, you insulted my flag!.... just you wait, just wait till I'll sink you with a broad side!..... or even better I'll splash you with water from left and right and behind and....” plate 20 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
24.8 × 21.6 cm (9.8 × 8.5 in)

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