Author(s):
attributed to monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
attributed to delpech, françois seraphin (orléans, 1778 - 1825), designer-lithographer
other title: administrative morals (series title)
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 25. 8cm
width: 34. 5cm
dimensions - image:
height: 13cm
width: 17. 7cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
watermark - g. B. : yanonna - tes
caption - below the image: free day
number - above the image on the right: 13
iconographic description:
in an office cluttered with shelves, a secretary, a basket and boxes of archives, a crowd of employees is rushing around. They wait and converse while waiting to be received by a clerk, who, pen in hand, is seated at his desk. Actor, playwright and designer, henry monnier helped illustrate la comédie humaine. His engravings of administrative morals, and especially his play scenes from bureaucratic life, clearly inspired balzac for his novel la femme supérieure, renamed les employés. "in administrative style, an office is made up of a boy, several supernumeraries doing the work for free for a certain number of years, simple dispatchers, clerk-editors, order clerks or principal clerks, a deputy chief and a chief. The division, which usually includes two or three offices, sometimes has more. The titles vary according to the administration: there may be an auditor instead of a clerk order, a bookkeeper, etc. " [extract the employees or the superior woman, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, office worker
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 37. Date: Unknown.
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