Art Institute of Chicago
The Week Before The Opening Of The Art Exhibition. Chorus: “- courage, let's finish the work! That's what friends are here for,” plate 399 from Actualités
Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- AAT300041273
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