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The day is not more innocent than the bottom of my heart! (Phèdre)
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Honoré Daumier

The day is not more innocent than the bottom of my heart! (Phèdre)

1841

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Honoré Daumier

The day is not more innocent than the bottom of my heart! (Phèdre)

1841

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 276 x 357 mm. (10 7/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 5 from the series "Physionomies Tragico-Classiques"
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.637

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Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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