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The Modern Penelope by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

The Modern Penelope

The Modern Penelope

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1868

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

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