Honoré Daumier Lithograph and Intaglio Caricature Prints of Courtroom Scenes

Item Details

In Plate

A collection of four courtroom caricature prints by Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French 1808 – 1878), including two lithographs and two intaglio restrike prints. The lithographs include one depicting two women before a judge, published by Chez Aubert & Cie, and one titled Physionomies du Palais de Justice (Faces of the Palais de Justice), captioned ‘-Si vous vouliez avoir la bonté de plaider ma cause, vous pourriez compter sur mon éternelle reconnaissance!… (If you would have the goodness to plead my cause, you could count on my eternal gratitude!)’ published by Maison Martinet in Paris. Both lithographs are signed in the plate with the initials ‘h. D.’ The intaglio prints include a drypoint with mezzotint featuring a barrister dramatically defending his female client signed ‘H. Daumier’ in the plate, and an engraving with mezzotint depicting a lawyer orating before three sleeping judges signed with the initials ‘h. D.’ in the plate. Both of these are marked marked ‘PAL so ©’ in the plate. Each of the four prints is mounted under glass with a French lined mat in a simple wood frame that is wired for hanging.

Condition

- toning visible to all works and matting; minor wear to the frames.

Dimensions

- plate size of drypoint etching with sleeping lawyer is approximately 9" W x 7" H; all frames are approximately the same size.

Item #

17DET032-073