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Honoré Daumier|Aubert et Cie|Aubert et Cie

What the bourgeois calls a slight distraction, from 'The good bourgeois,' published in "Le Charivari"

August 30, 1846
Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil)
25.8 × 21.5 cm (10.2 × 8.5 in)

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