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A deputy's nightmare: – Oh my friend, what has happened? – I dreamed I was invalidated, from "News of the day"

Honoré Daumier · December 7, 1869

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Honoré Daumier
Date
December 7, 1869
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Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Honoré Daumier, A deputy's nightmare: – Oh my friend, what has happened? – I dreamed I was invalidated, from "News of the day", December 7, 1869. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/756782

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Honoré Daumier, A deputy's nightmare: – Oh my friend, what has happened? – I dreamed I was invalidated, from "News of the day". December 7, 1869. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/756782.

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A deputy's nightmare: – Oh my friend, what has happened? – I dreamed I was invalidated, from "News of the day" (Honoré Daumier, December 7, 1869)

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