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Honoré Daumier|Destouches|Arnaud de Vresse

Charivari invention: A cannon equipped with a counter adding the costs of war, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, July 6, 1868

July 6, 1868
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
23.8 × 20.5 cm (9.4 × 8.1 in)

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