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Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Walter Frères

Using the free time the elections have given him, from News of the day, published in "Le Charivari"

June 8, 1869
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
23.9 × 20.3 cm (9.4 × 8 in)

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