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Honoré Daumier

It's quite impossible!!!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 28, 1872

March 28, 1872
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
22.7 × 18.8 cm (8.9 × 7.4 in)

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