Art Institute of Chicago
The defense compliments the talent of the prosecution, while the Attorney General admires the eloquence of the defense. The judge applauds both of them and everybody is satisfied, except he accused, plate 16 from Les Gens De Justice
Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- AAT300041273
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Mr l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère public dans son réquisitoire [...] / N°16
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Un avocat qui évidemment est rempli de la conviction la plus intime [...] / N°6
Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris
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Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris
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A rather unsatisfied litigant, plate 26 from Les Gens De Justice
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