Art, literature & history
Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense)
c. 1862/1865
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and black ink, charcoal, crayon, and watercolor on laid paper
- Dimensions
- image: 8 3/16 x 11 13/16 in. (20.7 x 30 cm) sheet: 20 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (51.8 x 60.3 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2014.136.173
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Honoré Daumier. Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense). National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Le Défenseur (Counsel for the Defense) — Honoré Daumier. c. 1862/1865.
Medium: pen and black ink, charcoal, crayon, and watercolor on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 8 3/16 x 11 13/16 in. (20.7 x 30 cm) sheet: 20 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (51.8 x 60.3 cm).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2014.136.173. Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.