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"inscription": "Above image, printed: LES BONS BOURGEOIS. / No. 23 ; \nBelow image, printed: -Mais si, ma femme, je t'assure que monsieur dessine un paysage. . . n'est-ce pas, monsieru, que vous dessinez / un paysage ? . . . .",
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"inscription": "Upper margin, in pencil: W.1 / V. 5-6 / 23/82 ; \nlower margin, printed: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse, 29 / Imp. de Aubert & Cie. ; \nin pencil: H.D. 876 only / (We-26-1-9) 13 Nov. 1846 / D. V.1499 II/III",
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"The Good Bourgeois, Plate 23: \"But yes, my dear, I assure you that this gentleman is drawing a landscape...is it not so, sir, that you are drawing a landscape?\" (Les bons bourgeios, planche 23: Mais si, ma femme...monsieur dessine un paysage..)"
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