From Scylla to Charybdis, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 20, 1869

From Scylla to Charybdis, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 20, 1869

Honoré Daumier, Walter Frères, Arnaud de Vresse

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54.557.53

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