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The defense compliments the talent of the prosecution, while the Attorney General admires the eloquence of the defense. The judge applauds both of them and everybody is satisfied, except he accused, plate 16 from Les Gens De Justice
1846
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 18 × 24.6 cm (7 1/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 × 32.2 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1942.145
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. The defense compliments the talent of the prosecution, while the Attorney General admires the eloquence of the defense. The judge applauds both of them and everybody is satisfied, except he accused, plate 16 from Les Gens De Justice. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The defense compliments the talent of the prosecution, while the Attorney General admires the eloquence of the defense. The judge applauds both of them and everybody is satisfied, except he accused, plate 16 from Les Gens De Justice — Honoré Daumier. 1846.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 18 × 24.6 cm (7 1/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 × 32.2 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.