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Doctor Robert Macaire’s clinic. – There you are gentlemen, the surgery I performed was a full success, while everybody considered it to be impossible. – But doctor, the patient is dead! – So what… ..she would have died sooner or later anyway.
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Honoré Daumier

Doctor Robert Macaire’s clinic. – There you are gentlemen, the surgery I performed was a full success, while everybody considered it to be impossible. – But doctor, the patient is dead! – So what… ..she would have died sooner or later anyway.

1837

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Honoré Daumier

Doctor Robert Macaire’s clinic. – There you are gentlemen, the surgery I performed was a full success, while everybody considered it to be impossible. – But doctor, the patient is dead! – So what… ..she would have died sooner or later anyway.

1837

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 240 × 226 mm. (9 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 63 from the series "Caricaturana"
Credit Line Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object Number 1963.313.36

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Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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