Zing! Zing! Boom_Boom_Boom!!! The Show of the Grrrreat Political Tumblers

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Artist: J. J. Grandville
Date: 1833
Medium: Lithograph on chine collé
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (36.2 x 54.9 cm)
Collection: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957

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