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An Evening at the Guardhouse by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

An Evening at the Guardhouse

An Evening at the Guardhouse

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1847

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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“- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis

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