Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa by Honoré Victorin Daumier
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Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa

Honoré Victorin Daumier · published March 29, 1840

Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa by Honoré…

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A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso. This record is included as a recognizable entry point for MyArtTaste discovery, using the museum's official public-domain metadata and image.

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