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Title: The declaration of Damocles, from "News of the day"
Series/Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
Artist:
Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
Subject:
Emile Ollivier (French, Marseille 1825–1913 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains)
Printer:
Walter Frères
Publisher:
Arnaud de Vresse
Date: March 25, 1870
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions:
Image: 9 3/8 × 8 1/16 in. (23.8 × 20.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 11 5/16 in. (28.8 × 28.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number: 57.650.512
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