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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- I am glad that we are not scientists, otherwise Monsieur would also invite us to taste this camel hump he ordered from Algeria… I'd rather enjoy a meal of veal hump!,” plate 8 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation

1858
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
20.1 × 25.6 cm (7.9 × 10.1 in)

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