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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"The thermometer of the engineer Chevalier was right... at 10 degrees the large rivers as well as the noses have cought a cold... just imagine that it might take three weeks for my nose to thaw!...," plate 5 from Paris L'hiver

1845
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
22.2 × 19.5 cm (8.7 × 7.7 in)

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