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Difficult to make it look slim by Honoré Daumier — VisualArtsDB

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Difficult to make it look slim

Difficult to make it look slim

Difficult to make it look slim

Honoré Daumier

1869

Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 44 x 61 cm (17 5/16 x 24 in.); Image: 23.8 x 20.3 cm (9 3/8 x 8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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France, 19th century

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This print was published in Le Charivari (April 6, 1869) as plate 64 from the series News of the Day.

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Un plaideur auquel manquent ...

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Elle a encore ... une jolie taille Madame Coquardeau!

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