LIFE'S HAPPY DAYS 93: THE DEVILISH SEDUCERS: －Did you see how that little woman looked at us out of the corner of her eye as she passed... it's only at our age that you can truly please women!..

People: Daumier, Honoré
Time: 1846
Owner Organization: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

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