At the Chalons Camp: –Papa, why do they make the soldiers go out in the rain? –My boy, it is in order for them to learn to be under fire! from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 19, 1869

Honoré Daumier French
 Printer Walter Frères French
 Publisher Arnaud de Vresse French

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At the Chalons Camp: –Papa, why do they make the soldiers go out in the rain? –My boy, it is in order for them to learn to be under fire! from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 19, 1869, Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois), Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

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