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Aaron Martinet|Destouches|Honoré Daumier

A sudden awakening, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, November 1, 1865

November 1, 1865
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
22.3 × 21.4 cm (8.8 × 8.4 in)

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