“- 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...,” plate 28 from Les Gens De Justice by Honoré-Victorin Daumier, print, 1846

“- 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...,” plate 28 from Les Gens De Justice

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Year
1846
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.3 × 17.8 cm (9 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 26.3 cm (13 9/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Print
Culture
France

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