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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- No matter how much I rock him, it is impossible to make him fall asleep,” plate 105 from Actualités

1866
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
24.1 × 21.9 cm (9.5 × 8.6 in)

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