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The Hunt for the Handkerchief by Paul Gavarni — VisualArtsDB

The Hunt for the Handkerchief

The Hunt for the Handkerchief

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

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