Plate 30: Robert Macaire before his judges, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

Charles Philipon|Aubert et Cie|Junca|Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier

1838 · Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil) · Drawings and Prints

Plate 30: Robert Macaire before his judges, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires — Charles Philipon|Aubert et Cie|Junca|Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier

Very well! Yes, gentlemen, I was rather unfortunate at the Assize Court... but misfortune is always respectable!... moreover, it’s true what has been said, I've a habit of subtracting money, it's easier to excuse me than someone else because it's harder for me to resist my weakness... as for the rest, I am accused of selling lead for gold? Twenty witnesses swear to it. Very well! I deny it forty times and since two denials are worth an avowal it's clear that you cannot find me guilty. (after this brilliant improvisation Robert Macaire is condemned with a maximum sentence).

Artist: Charles Philipon|Aubert et Cie|Junca|Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier
Date: 1838
Medium: Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil)
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953