“- I actually thought a crocodile soup would taste better than that,” plate 7 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation

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“- I actually thought a crocodile soup would taste better than that,” plate 7 from La Sopciété D'acclimatation

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Date
1858
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with letterpress verso
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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