After accepting a glass of sweet water, the illustrious orator descends from the platform, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

After accepting a glass of sweet water, the illustrious orator descends from the platform, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

1832 - 1852 Print

59.500.592(1)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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