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Aaron Martinet|Destouches|Honoré Daumier

Proposal for an improvement, from 'Exhibition sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 24, 1864

May 24, 1864
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
24.3 × 20.7 cm (9.6 × 8.1 in)

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