Black-and-white lithograph of a courtroom: robed lawyers, three judges behind a bench, and a seated figure in the foreground with his back to the viewer.

Daumier, Les Gens de Justice: courtroom scene with lawyers and judges, plate 16

A black-and-white lithograph shows a courtroom with three judges seated in the background, a standing lawyer in a robe gesturing toward a seated colleague, and a defendant in the foreground, his back to the viewer. Caption text beneath the scene and the plate number 16 appear at the top, framing a satirical, crowded composition.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: 1846
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1307 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1846).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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