Art Institute of Chicago
The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble, plate 134 from Actualités
Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1859
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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