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Horticulturists of Nanterre tiptoeing at midnight towards the cactus grandiflorus in order to surprise it in its blossoming, plate 323 from Actualités
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Horticulturists of Nanterre tiptoeing at midnight towards the cactus grandiflorus in order to surprise it in its blossoming, plate 323 from Actualités

Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879 · 1856 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

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Credit lineHorticulturists of Nanterre tiptoeing at midnight towards the cactus grandiflorus in order to surprise it in its blossoming, plate 323 from Actualités. 1856. Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club. CC0.
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