“- I really gave you a good dressing down... - And I didn't mince matters in my reply.... - We were both excellent... - We were superbe. It's really only in the Palace of Justice that people know how to argue and call each other all kinds of names without really getting angry...,” plate 8 from Les Gens De Justice
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.9 × 19.1 cm (9 13/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 26.2 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61116
About the Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...