Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
desperet or desperret, auguste (in 1865), designer-lithographer
becquet (printing) (28–02–1796), printer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1833
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 2cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - image:
height: 17cm
width: 21. 4cm
description:
ht plate published in the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature, volume 6, december 20, 1833 (plate no. 343)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title at the bottom center: “my dear, i would like to have a pretty, well-stocked bouquet, to wish a happy new year to [to] my good // cousins, nicolas françois and guillaume. »; indications: top to left: “la caricature (journal) n°163. ", ht to rt: "pl. 343. "
inscription - in the letter: “at aubert, gallery véro dodat. » [publisher], “l. De becquet, rue furstemberg 6. ” [printer]; in the image, bottom left, signature: “jj g. Ad. » [jean-jacques grandville, designer, and auguste desperet, lithographer]
inscription - the parasol bears two glued sheets with inscriptions: "requisition […] [requisition]", "attack // horrible // 1832. " (reference to the attack of november 19, 1832. La caricature (like many opposition newspapers), was convinced that this attack had been fabricated by the government. Thus the presence of this reference goes in the same direction as the denunciation of the "trial of 27")
iconographic description:
not far from the tuileries (a royal gate surmounted by a coat of arms in the shape of a crowned pear is in the background on the left), a florist, in the guise of persil dressed as a magistrate, has set up his shop whose name can be read on the wall to the right: “au bouquet de persil // paircy fleuriste de la couronne”. In front of his shop, outside, under a parasol, he is busy making bouquets. King louis-philippe, wearing an enormous coat over his frock coat, an umbrella and a top hat decorated with the tricolor cockade in his hands, approaches the florist to place an order: does he wish to offer a bouquet to his cousins for the new year? certainly not according to the explanation. The king is rather interested in the bouquets containing the heads of the twenty-seven accused that persil prepares. Indeed, the bouquets that persil prepares are special, since they are not flowers, but men's heads wrapped in paper cones. The one he is dealing with is one of the “27” bouquets, in which two heads are already in place in the left group, and three in the right group. Three more are about to join them. It was with the help of her small saw (looking like a miniature guillotine) hanging from her arm at the end of a wire, that persil cut off the heads. Other bouquets, in pots, surround the florist. The pl. Thus denounces the repressive measures carried out by the government, which makes accusations that la caricature considers unjustified. And the pl. Has more particularly as its subject the “trial of the twenty-seven”. This is a lawsuit brought against twenty-seven members of the society for human rights. They appeared before the assize court. They were accused of having formed, on the third anniversary of the days of july 1830, a plot against state security. They were ultimately acquitted. Persil was the one who drew up the indictment. The debates ended on december 22, 1833. Pl. Denounces the accusations, which it considers unfounded, made against the republican opposition. In pl. In addition, there is a reference to lobau on the watering can placed on the left, since the neck has the shape of a clyster syringe and the body bears the words “inventi […] [invention] // lancelot”. For a pl. Using the same theme of the bouquet, cf. Pl. 197 of number 96 (september 6, 1832). Person / character depicted:
parsley, jean-charles; louis-philippe i, king of the french
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1833.
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