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Proposal for improvement for the theatres in Paris, which will not fail to have its effect during the dog days, plate 4 from Croquis d’Été
Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1859
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letter press, verso
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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