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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Hannibal's Crossing. These lofty mountains where the crested snow resembles the white forehead of a giant trembles to forge a road, with a triumphant song Hannibal turned the Alps into cornichon. (Les Occidentals by Mr. Quinet), plate 28 from Histoire Ancienne

1842
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
24.4 × 20.4 cm (9.6 × 8 in)

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