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A classical poet composing an eclogue about the quiet pastoral life… “and these wretched journalists will say that my style is vague. How on earth can you be clear with such collaborators?!”

Honoré Daumier

A classical poet composing an eclogue about the quiet pastoral life… “and these wretched journalists will say that my style is vague. How on earth can you be clear with such collaborators?!”

1839

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Honoré Daumier

A classical poet composing an eclogue about the quiet pastoral life… “and these wretched journalists will say that my style is vague. How on earth can you be clear with such collaborators?!”

1839

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping and hand coloring, Sheet: 355 × 275 mm. (14 × 10 13/16 in.) Image: 235 × 215 mm. (9 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.1447
Published in Le Charivari, February 28, 1840.

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Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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