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Oysters at 25 cents a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 cents to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 23, 1866
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Oysters at 25 cents a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 cents to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 23, 1866

Honoré Daumier · March 23, 1866 · Lithograph on newsprint; second state of three (Delteil)

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Credit lineOysters at 25 cents a dozen, horrible!... Even if you gave me 100 cents to eat half a dozen, I would not allow myself such an expense, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 23, 1866. March 23, 1866. Honoré Daumier. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922. CC0.
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