Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
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Date of Work
1843
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Identification #
2016.001.0412
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: La Comédie Humaine
Published in Le Charivari
Original text: Ai-je besoin d'éloquence, devant un juge si haut placé, aussi familiarisé avec la forme qu'avec le fond, et qui par sa position, sera toujours à la tête de l'humanité.
Here Daumier portrays a lawyer practicing a court presentation before a make-believe judge—created by placing a hat on a broomstick. His argument before the court will focus on flattering the judge, rather than presenting evidence, to win his case.
Included in the Honoré Daumier III: Law, Medicine, and Social Satire exhibition, 2018.