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Where is this armed band of men going! Let’s return home, wife, this looks scary!
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Honoré Daumier

Where is this armed band of men going! Let’s return home, wife, this looks scary!

1848

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Honoré Daumier

Where is this armed band of men going! Let’s return home, wife, this looks scary!

1848

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 248 x 213 mm. (9 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 2 from the series "Les Alarmistes et les Alarmés"
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.631

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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