Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
brévière, louis-henri (forges-les-eaux, 15–12–1797 - hyères, 01–06–1869), engraver
hetzel, pierre-jules (chartres, 15–01–1814 - monte-carlo, 17–03–1886), publisher
paulin, editor
other titles:
illustration for "heartache of an english cat" (dummy title), scenes from the private and public life of animals - études de mœurs contemporains, paris: hetzel et paulin, 1842 (title of the whole)
production date: between 1840 and 1842
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): book illustration
dimensions - artwork:
height: 25. 7cm
width: 16. 2cm
dimensions - image:
height: 15. 7cm
width: 11. 7cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
illustration (ht plate) for scenes from the private and public lives of animals, paris: paulin and hetzel, 1842
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - under the image: "my lords, i said, i am an english cat, and i am innocent"
signature - bottom left: "breviere"
signature - bottom right: "j. J grandville"
iconographic description:
in a court stand five anthropomorphic animals. The judge is a cat who raises an accusing paw towards the accused. The bailiffs and lawyers are a unicorn, a dog and a fox. They all wear wigs in the style of english magistrates. The accused is standing upright, she is a young cat modestly dressed and with her head bowed. Extract from the heartaches of an english cat, by h de balzac (in private and public life of animals, j. Hetzel librarian-publisher, 1867): "she wants to explain to you, milords, exclaimed the abominable lawyer of my adversary, how she went to the gutters with a french cat to convert him to the anglican religion, while she was going there rather to come back and say mon petit homme to her husband in good french, to listen to the abominable principles of popery, and to learn to ignore the laws and customs of old england!”
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, court, judge, unicorn, cat, fox, wig
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 21–02–1986
institution: maison de balzac
part of:
scenes from the private and public lives of animals, paris: j. Hetzel and paulin, 1842, vol. 1. Date: between 1840 and 1842.
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