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Order
number: DR 653 
Artist: Honoré Daumier
Technique: Lithography
Series: Moeurs conjugales
Publication: Le Charivari
Publications date: 11/29/1840
Original text:
LA PLAINTE EN ADULTÈRE.
"Magistrats, mon client est sûr de son fait. Mais cette
conviction personnelle ne lui suffisait pas ; il fallait encore
qu’il la fît partager à votre tribunal, au nombreux
auditoire qui nous entoure…. à la France entière.
Telle est la tâche que je me suis chargé d’accomplir
dans l’intérêt même de mon client, et je
crois avoir réussi à rendre la chose claire à
tous les yeux. Maintenant il ne manque plus à mon client
que de voir sa…. position sociale constatée par un jugement
authentique, et vous êtes trop justes, Magistrats, pour lui
refuser cette dernière satisfaction."
Translation:
A CHARGE OF ADULTERY.
“Magistrates, my client is absolutely sure of the fact. But
this personal conviction of his was not sufficient for him. He wanted
to share it with your tribunal, with the auditorium surrounding
us, with all of France. This is the task I am trying to accomplish
in the interest of my client, and I believe that I succeeded in
opening everybody’s eyes. Now my client needs only to see his
social position reestablished by an authentic judgement, and you
are by far too just, my Magistrates, if you would refuse to render
him this last satisfaction.”
Condition: very good
Description: very good impression.The paper has been
cut close to the margin. No tears, no spots, no folds.
Reverse: printed
Illustration size: approx. 7.9 x 8 inches
Paper size: approx. 8.3 x 11.4 inches
SOLD
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