“Yes, they would plunder this orphan, whom I cannot necessarily describe as being young, since he is fifty-seven years ol...I am, reassured knowing that justice always keeps an open eye on all guilty maneuvers! . . . ,” plate 11 from Les Gens De Justice

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

“Yes, they would plunder this orphan, whom I cannot necessarily describe as being young, since he is fifty-seven years ol...I am, reassured knowing that justice always keeps an open eye on all guilty maneuvers! . . . ,” plate 11 from Les Gens De Justice

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1845

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 18.3 × 25.8 cm (7 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 33.4 cm (10 × 13 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1942.147

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