Oh, you are.... (guilty) and what do you want me to do about it?, from 'At the court of justice,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, March 3, 1866
March 3, 1866
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 5 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (14.5 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 1/16 in. (21.6 × 30.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.390
Tags
About the Artist
Honoré Daumier · 1810–1879
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...