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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Embarcation of a Lady. “Get in without fear Miss Josephine....You don't have to be afraid from neither the current nor the boatmen... they are all Frrrrrench.... we actually wanted to salute you with 101 canon shots, but we didn't get the authorization from the Government!...,” plate 15 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

1843
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
24.1 × 21 cm (9.5 × 8.3 in)

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