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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

“- 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

1846
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
23.3 × 17.8 cm (9.2 × 7 in)

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