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“- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens
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Credit line“- I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members of the surveillance council one of these days..... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified... how about a pose like this?,” plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens. 1856. Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club. CC0.
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