Very rare set of documents gathered by Roger Passeron on Daumier: - Thiriat Portrait of Daumier (woodcut) - Necrologies of Daumier (Charivari of February 13th and 18th 1879) - Félix VALLOTTON (1865-1925) after : Portrait of Daumier.32,5 x 25 cm. - Tournachon (Nadar) : photograph of Daumier in an article of ''la revue contemporaine - Benjamin ROUBAUD (1811-1847) : Portrait of Daumier in the series Panthéon Charivarique. 45 x 34 cm. - Paul GAVARNI (1804-1866). Honoré Daumier observing'. Engraving. 27 x 17.5 cm. - Étienne CARJAT (1828-1906) : Portrait charge de Daumier peignant'. 45 x 34 cm. - Portrait-charge of Delacroix, lithograph by Benjamin;

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