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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Great revolt of the rats of Montfaucon which don't want their feed to be taken away by scientists, plate 12 from Les Hippophages

1856
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
21.3 × 28 cm (8.4 × 11 in)

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