The more beautiful the drama, the more sad the orchestra is to hear, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

The more beautiful the drama, the more sad the orchestra is to hear, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Joseph Hippolyte Jules Caqué, Honoré de Balzac

1832 - 1852 Print

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