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A deputy's nightmare: –Oh my friend, what has happened? –I dreamed I was invalidated, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 7, 1869

Printer Walter Frères French
Publisher Arnaud de Vresse French
December 7, 1869
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  • Title: A deputy's nightmare: –Oh my friend, what has happened? –I dreamed I was invalidated, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 7, 1869
  • Series/Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
  • Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
  • Printer: Walter Frères
  • Publisher: Arnaud de Vresse
  • Date: December 7, 1869
  • Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two, proof (Delteil)
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 7/16 × 8 1/16 in. (24 × 20.4 cm)
    Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 9/16 in. (35.8 × 26.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.638.17
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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