Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer-lithographer
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: 35. 6cm
width: 72cm
dimensions - image:
height: 21. 4cm
width: 72cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 2, september 8, 1831, (plate no. 90-91)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - legends at the bottom, from left to right and from top to bottom: "cattle sold to the ministry", "ministerial journalists re-releasing the manger", "the farmer", "greedy duck / with his family", "the farmer's son / giving them pasture", "the little brother / picking up epaulettes that fell in the mud", "in the background an attorney general and a president. On the wall, two pierrots / composers of cantatas and frequenters of the low courts", "the archbishop of p. . . / seeking to establish himself well at court", "abbot guill. / jealous old favorite”, “the geese”, “de sch. Colonel pigeon and ath… cooing”, “carnivorous / ready to pounce on poultry”, “advice. / the navy as a moorhen on its parrot mast, public education as a chicken, war cidevant a good rabbit / finances an ancient crow, foreign affairs crested peacock, president singing on his dunghill”, “sheep-caesar-neptune / watchdog”; indications: top center: “la caricature (journal)”, top right: “n°90 and 91. ”
inscription - in the letter: “lith. De delaporte, rue de l’abbaye n°4” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert, galerie véro dodat. » [editor]; in the image, bottom left of the pl. 90 and down to the right of pl. 91, signature: “jj grandville” [jean-jacques grandville, designer]
inscription - on the pigsty on the left: "221", representing the number of deputies to have decided the definitive non-intervention of france in polish history; on the back wall, graffiti representing, among other things, a pear with a human face (louis-philippe), inscription: “pon-pon / editeur” (charles philipon); on a bag of money: “50000”; on the niche that lobau guards: “liberty order pu […] [public] / we do not pass. / f…. !! »
iconographic description:
from left to right, pigs, one of which is bewigged (carlists?) which louis-philippe looks at dressed as a peasant. Ducks to which the duke of orléans distributes decorations (epaulettes, marshal's baton, cross of honor). Ecclesiastics in the guise of turkeys and crows (archbishop of paris hyacinthe-louis de quélen?, and abbot guillon, chaplain to the queen). Geese (marie-amélie and madame adélaïde). Schonen and athalin as pigeons. Rats and crows entering through the back door. A chicken representing the count of montalivet. A rabbit representing soult, a crow embodying louis, sébastiani as a peacock, molé. Casimir périer as a rooster, standing on a pile of manure. And finally lobau as a watchdog. The duke of orléans as the farmer's son. Except for the king and his son, the duke of orléans, represented as human beings, all the others are represented as hybrid creatures with an animal head and a human body. Person / character depicted:
soult, nicolas-jean de dieu; louis-philippe i, king of the french; schonen, auguste jean marie de, baron; bachasson, marthe camille, count of montalivet; mouton, georges, count of lobau; orléans, ferdinand-philippe d', duke; sebastiani, horace; périer, casimir
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1831.
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