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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“How much I regret. My arms once so strong, my legs never fat and nothing went wrong” (an ancient song), plate 1 from Silhouettes

1840
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
22.5 × 18.8 cm (8.9 × 7.4 in)

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