Lithograph of a smiling woman in a cap with clasped hands beside a rumpled bed and curtain, with French caption below.

Abuse of Article 214 of the Civil Law, Daumier lithograph

A lithograph shows a smiling older woman in a cap and apron, hands clasped at her waist, beside a rumpled bed with a curtain. Fine pen-like hatching shades the dark background, and the caption is printed in French below the figure.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: 1839
Medium: Lithograph on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1170 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1839).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago

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