The loaf of sugar frightened at the idea that it will be necessary not only to sweeten the water of the orators but probably also their speeches, from "News of the Day"

The loaf of sugar frightened at the idea that it will be necessary not only to sweeten the water of the orators but probably also their speeches, from "News of the Day"

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

1867 Print

36.12.221

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