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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

Le Désespoir des Bouchers, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, November 21, 1857

November 21, 1857
Lithograph; third state of three (Delteil)
27.1 × 33.8 cm (10.7 × 13.3 in)

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