The defendant (whispering to his lawyer): All this seems to bore the president. Why don't you just suggest to simply let me go home, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, February 17, 1866

The defendant (whispering to his lawyer): All this seems to bore the president. Why don't you just suggest to simply let me go home, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, February 17, 1866 by Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 8 15/16 × 8 3/8 in. (22.7 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 11 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (29.7 × 27.6 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

62.650.467

Tags

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