Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
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Date of Work
1848
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.1077
Collection/Provenance
University Art Collections: Lilly Jacobson Collection, Art & Design Dept.
Status
Displayed: Second Floor, near the Fredrikson & Byron Law Firm Office suite
Location
UND School of Law
Additional Information
Series:Les Gens de Justice
Published in Le Charivari
Original text: Il parait décidément que mon gaillard est un grand scélérat ...... tant mieux...... si je parviens à le faire acquitter, quel honneur pour moi!......
Daumier here reveals his negative view of the legal profession by showing lawyers to be uninterested in justice and only concerned with self-interest. The attorney is well aware of his client’s guilt, and with this in mind, thinks getting him acquitted will all-the-more enhance his standing as a trial lawyer.
Included in the Honoré Daumier III: Law, Medicine, and Social Satire exhibition, 2018.