This proves to us how perfectly useless it is to recite gracious compliments to the public in the final couplet of a play.

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1857

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: design: 19.8 x 27.3 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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