“Thy hand cometh to slay Britannicus, thy brother. I foresee thy blows will soon hit thy mother,” plate 7 from Physionomies Tragico-Classiques

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“Thy hand cometh to slay Britannicus, thy brother. I foresee thy blows will soon hit thy mother,” plate 7 from Physionomies Tragico-Classiques

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Date
published April 6, 1841
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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