The Humbert Case.
Ordre des avocats de Paris . Courtroom sketch. 1903. 37x27cm.
An artist rarely presents courtroom sketches to the public as artworks in themselves. In 1903, Charles Léandre, who contributed his sketches of Thérèse Humbert’s trial to ‘Le Rire’, published a collection of his drawings in another context. He represents himself busily sketching a witness, so proclaiming the importance of the artist with his own distinctive humour.. © Ordre des avocats de Paris