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Destouches|Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier

Vois-tu, mon vieux..... relativement à l'Égypte on ne pourra jamais percer l'Isthme de Suez.... si j'étais à la place de Mr. de Lesspes, je sais bien ce que je ferais!....., from Naïvetés, published in Le Charivari, November 23, 1859

November 23, 1859
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
23.3 × 20.3 cm (9.2 × 8 in)

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