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A Candidate

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), artist; Aubert, printer and publisher · 1837 · lithograph with watercolor

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This print was first published in Le Charivari (May 18, 1837) as plate 48 from the series Caricaturana.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineCaricaturana: A Candidate, 1837. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Aubert. Lithograph with watercolor; sheet: 33.2 x 26.1 cm (13 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.); image: 24.3 x 22.3 cm (9 9/16 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector, 1946.213
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