"At the moment of our writing these lines, M. Daumier, sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the caricature of 'Gargantua' was arrested under the eyes of his father and mother, whose sole support he is."
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about his print 'Gargantua', - showing a long-visaged personage bearing a distant resemblance to Louis Philippe, seated upon a throne in a robe of state
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