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- Artist
- Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879) - Title
- So even if I admit, between us, that I stole Father Jerome's watch, you won't drop my case? - My dear thief, you really don't understand my position . . . if there were no offenders there would hardly be any lawyers . . . Now that I know you are guilty, I will work on your alibi . . . (Ainsi donc, quoique j'vous avoue, entre nous, qu'cest moi qu'a volé la toquante au père Jérôme, vous n'mabandonnez pas pour ça!... - Eh! mon cher voleur.... vous connaissez bien mal mon coeur.... s'il n'y avait plus de filous il n'y aurait plus d'avocats..... maintenant que je suis bien certain que c'est vous qui avez fait le coup.... je plaiderai l'alibi! . . . ), number 28 from the series People of Justice (Les Gens de Justice)
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- 9 5/32 x 7 1/32 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Wurdemann
- Accession No.
- 1976.59
- Classification
- Prints
- Geography
- 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. 1364
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