La mort et une profession.. ncipal, Vers 1829 — 1831

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer other title: “journey to eternity” notebook, folio 6. (dummy title) production date: around 1829 — 1831 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing dimensions - artwork: height: 20. 8cm width: 15. 8cm dimensions - box: height: 22. 5cm width: 17cm depth: 2. 5cm dimensions - album: height: 21. 3cm width: 16. 5cm depth: 1. 5cm description: part of the 56 folios of the "voyage for eternity" notebook of 71 sketches. Drawings are linked to the "journey to eternity". The others: types, political caricatures. 38 handwritten pages by the author: reflections on fantasies, social or political satires. See set: card06424. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: stamp - on the front of the drawing at the bottom left, stamp in black ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). \ inscription in ink inscription - on the back of the drawing, at the top right corner, handwritten in purple ink: "6" (corresponds to the page number of the notebook). \ inscription in ink inscription - on the front of the drawing, top right and left, handwritten reflections in pen and brown ink on the theme of death with a profession such as: "the gravedigger", for the "journey to eternity". \ inscription in ink inscription - on the back of the drawing, handwritten reflections in pen and brown ink on the theme of death with a profession, for the "journey to eternity". \ inscription in ink inscription - on the front of the drawing, traces of ink. \ inscription in ink iconographic description: “death and a profession”. Studies (crossed out). Imaginary characters in period costume. Skeleton and man. Hats, clothes. Historical commentary: the computer inventory numbers are made up of that of the notebook: card06424, the folio number and the letter a (folio recto) or b (folio verso). Cf. C. F. Getty, 1986 and a. Renonciat, 1985. Sketch linked to the inscriptions p. 5a to 6b on: “death and a profession”. P. 5a, notes on "the twelve months of widowhood", "the visits of the merciless / c[. . . ] renewal of / the dance of the dead painted by / holbein", "death and the traveler". . . Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 14–06–1927 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris part of: sketchbook for “journey to eternity”. Date: Vers 1829 — 1831.