Black and white lithograph of a robed lawyer with papers speaking to a stooped client in a long coat, with a caption below and a shadowy figure behind.

Les Gens de Justice, plate 20: a lawyer declining a case

A lithograph of two men in a courtroom corridor: a robed lawyer in a flat cap holds papers and gestures toward a stooped client in a long coat, while a shadowy figure stands behind them. Posters labeled VENTE hang on the wall, and a caption below carries the dialogue.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: 1846
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2195 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

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