(An awkward position to keep for five months), 1869.
Lithograph on transparent wove paper, 23.5 x 20,3 cm (stone), 36 x 27 cm (sheet). Proof with the handwritten printing certificate, signed "Walter frères" and dated "Paris le 18 août 1869". Reference: Delteil 3735/3 (of 3), Daumierregister 3735/4 (of 4) = rare (before the change from "génante" to gênante", our impession shown there). Provenance: R. Gaston-Drefyus (not in Lugt) , H. M. Petiet (Lugt 5031), Roger Passeron (Lugt 4096).