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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“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
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
24 × 18.9 cm (9.4 × 7.4 in)

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