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Photolithograph - Work: "My poor husband, you complain of your ten hours of work. I've been working fourteen hours, and my day is not yet over." | McCord Museum
« Le travail : tu te plains, mon pauvre mari, de tes 10 heures d'ouvrage; voici quatorze heures que je travaille, moi, et je n'ai pas encore fini ma journée. »
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« Le travail : tu te plains, mon pauvre mari, de tes 10 heures d'ouvrage; voici quatorze heures que je travaille, moi, et je n'ai pas encore fini ma journée. »

Photolithograph

Work: "My poor husband, you complain of your ten hours of work. I've been working fourteen hours, and my day is not yet over."
Printer & publisher (1874-1880)
Wood engraver (1820-1909)
SignatureL.r., Swain sc
Date 1871
DimensionsImage: 15.6 x 20.5 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberC572/A.02.532.1
CollectionMcCord
Status
Not on view

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