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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...,” plate 24 from Les Gens De Justice
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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...,” plate 24 from Les Gens De Justice

Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879 · 1846 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

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Credit line“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...,” plate 24 from Les Gens De Justice. 1846. Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879. The Art Institute of Chicago, Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund. CC0.
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