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Honoré Daumier
Citizens, there is a rumour that we will soon be refused the law allowing divorce. Let us unite and declare a state of emergency for the nation (Citoyennes...... on fait courir le bruit que le divorce est sur le point de nous être refusé..... constituons-nous ici en permanence et déclarons que la patrie est en danger!......) (1848)
hand-coloured lithograph and gum arabic
25.0 × 21.1 cm (image) 28.8 × 21.1 cm (image and text) 32.4 × 23.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1930
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