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'Allons, lancez-vous....' by Daumier

"Allons, lancez-vous…" by Honoré Daumier
Cartoon

Today, it's hard to realise that in Daumier's time making ordinary worried citizens the centre of attention in pictures of everyday life was a revolutionary initiative. This was very different from his treatment of the rich and powerful --