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The Unpleasant Snails by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

The Unpleasant Snails

The Unpleasant Snails

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1869

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 29.2 x 28.5 cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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french

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