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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth. “- This really tastes like bad cooking,” plate 142 from Actualités

1850
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
20.3 × 27.5 cm (8 × 10.8 in)

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