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What a shame this lovely little lady didn't ask me to present her case in Court. . . . I would love to plead that her husband is a rogue! (Quel dommage que cette charmante petite femme ne m'ait pas chargé de défendre sa cause. . . . comme je plaiderais que son mari est un gredin!), number 24 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)

What a shame this lovely little lady didn't ask me to present her case in Court. . . . I would love to plead that her husband is a rogue! (Quel dommage que cette charmante petite femme ne m'ait pas chargé de défendre sa cause. . . . comme je plaiderais que son mari est un gredin!), number 24 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist/Maker
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
What a shame this lovely little lady didn't ask me to present her case in Court. . . . I would love to plead that her husband is a rogue! (Quel dommage que cette charmante petite femme ne m'ait pas chargé de défendre sa cause. . . . comme je plaiderais que son mari est un gredin!), number 24 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)
Date
1846
Material & Process
Lithograph
Dimensions
9 29/32 x 7 17/32 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Inventory No.
1976.56
Classification
Prints
Location
France

Related

to 1976, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi](Los Angeles); June 1976, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 1360

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