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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Merope. “A soldier of my stature is quite able to run the state once defended with so much fun,” plate 2 from Physionomies Tragiques (recto); Provost. (dans le Puff - Thtre Français) "Le Puff, est l'art de semer et de faire èclore á son profit la chose qui n'est pas" (verso)

1851 (recto); n.d. (verso)
Lithograph in black (recto), and lithograph with incising on stone (verso), on white wove paper
21.5 × 27.2 cm (8.5 × 10.7 in)

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