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The image shows a courtroom scene with three individuals captured from the waist up. The man in the foreground appears to be a lawyer gesturing with both hands. He has a middle-aged appearance with curly, receding hair and a sharp nose. He wears a dark robe over a collared shirt. Behind him, a judge is seated, wearing a tall hat and formal attire, looking down at papers on the bench. In the foreground to the right, a woman is reclined, with her head tilted back, eyes closed, and mouth slightly open, wearing a headscarf. On the surface in front of them lies a stack of papers and a round inkpot. The background suggests a courtroom setting, as indicated by the bench and formal dress. The scene is captured in a drawn, monochromatic style.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Au fait, maitre Barbotteau...
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1838
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.143.207
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- interior
- architecture
- Costume
- Hat
- Figures
- Writing
NGA object ID 180106. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.