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Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar
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Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), artist; Destouches, printer; Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne, publisher · 1855 · lithograph

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This print was published in Le Charivari (December 7, 1855) as plate 252 from the series News of the Day .

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineNews of the Day: Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar, 1855. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Destouches, Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne. Lithograph; sheet: 24.7 x 36 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.); image: 19.3 x 25.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector, 1946.209
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