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Plate 30: Robert Macaire before his judges, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

1838
Not on view
Very well! Yes, gentlemen, I was rather unfortunate at the Assize Court... but misfortune is always respectable!... moreover, it’s true what has been said, I've a habit of subtracting money, it's easier to excuse me than someone else because it's harder for me to resist my weakness... as for the rest, I am accused of selling lead for gold? Twenty witnesses swear to it. Very well! I deny it forty times and since two denials are worth an avowal it's clear that you cannot find me guilty. (after this brilliant improvisation Robert Macaire is condemned with a maximum sentence).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Plate 30: Robert Macaire before his judges, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
  • Series/Portfolio:
    'Caricaturana'
  • Artist:
    Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
  • Author:
    Charles Philipon (French, Lyons 1800–1862 Paris)
  • Printer:
    Aubert et Cie
  • Printer:
    Junca
  • Publisher:
    Aubert et Cie
  • Date:
    1838
  • Medium:
    Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil)
  • Dimensions:
    Image: 7 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (20.1 × 27.6 cm)
    Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 7/16 in. (26.1 × 34.1 cm)
  • Classification:
    Prints
  • Credit Line:
    Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953
  • Object Number:
    53.693.49
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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