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An Indian Custom
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About this work
This print was published in Le Charivari (November 9, 1844) as plate 30 from the series The Best Days in Life.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Best Days in Life: An Indian Custom, 1844. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879). Lithograph; sheet: 31.8 x 22.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1966.402
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