Author(s):
attributed to desperet or desperret, auguste (in 1865), designer-lithographer
attributed to audibert, auguste, author of the model
delaporte, victor hippolyte (29–01–1804), printer-lithographer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1831
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 21. 5cm
width: 31cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 3, december 15, 1831 (plate no. 118)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title bottom center: “mr. Croupion. »; indications, top to left: “la caricature (journal) / (n°59. )”, top to right: “pl. 118”
inscription - in the letter: “lith de delaporte” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert, gallery véro dodat” [publisher], “audibert int. »
inscription - on the bags, in the background, from left to right, the privileges granted by the king to members of the government: “pot de […] [wine]”, “pot de v[…] [wine]”, “pot de / wine”, “gift”, “benefic […] [benefit] / sur / […]”, “police funds”, “small / tips”, “sinecure”; on the rolls of paper located in the folds of the garment, from left to right: “recette particulare [particular] / direction générale”, “pairie / prefecture [prefecture]”, “recette generale [general]”, “secret funds”, “retirement pension / indemnity”, “salary”, “the general administrator”, “prosecutor general / advocate general”, “brevet de son legion / d’honor / council of state”, “president of court / royal”; on the scrolls of paper at the foot of the character, which he tramples underfoot, the republican values: "national honor / rights of the people / public liberties / political probity / disinterestedness", "1831", "local interests / mandates of the comettans [committants] / promises to the electors"
iconographic description:
seated on a bench, the enormous body of louis-philippe, whose bust is replaced by the representation of ministers and deputies, in bust: lameth, chalret, charles dupin, dupin elder, guizot, sébastiani, périer, montalivet, girod de l'ain, persil, soult, gisquet, de schonen, prunelle, barthe, lobau, kératry, etienne, lobau, thiers, madier de montjau, haubersaert… portrait, more broadly, of the government, made up of portraits of ministers and deputies, which taken all together, form a hybrid monster. In addition, from his clothes emerge parchments, decorations and clyster syringes. Next to him, on each side of the bench, are bags. Denunciation of the privileges granted by the king to members of his government, while republican values are flouted. Person / character represented:
thiers, adolphe; louis-philippe i, king of the french; schonen, auguste jean marie de, baron; bachasson, marthe camille, count of montalivet; dupin, andré marie jean-jacques (known as dupin elder); dupin, pierre charles françois, baron; etienne, charles guillaume; kératry, auguste hilarion de, count; périer, casimir; lameth, charles malo françois de, count; madier de montjau, joseph paulin; soult, nicolas-jean de dieu; sebastiani, horace; parsley, jean-charles; barthe, felix; guizot, françois; soult, nicolas-jean de dieu; girod de l'ain, amédée louis gaspard, baron; mouton, georges, count of lobau
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1831.
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