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“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad
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“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad

Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879 · 1843 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

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Credit line“- What do you mean, there are soon going to be air trains? - But of course, Monsieur... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais... but of course, the project is still suspended in air,” plate 14 from The Railroad. 1843. Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879. The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection. CC0.
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