Author(s):
attributed to 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: 27cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - image:
height: 20. 7cm
width: 26cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 2, august 4, 1831, (plate no. 80)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title bottom center: “the cry of the people. »; indications: top in the center: “la caricature (journal)”, top to right: “n°80. »
inscription - in the letter: “lith. De delaporte” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert, véro dodat gallery. » [editor]; in the image, bottom right, date: “1831”
inscription - different elements to which the throne is moored: “ste alliance”, “clergy”, “hereditary peerage [hereditary]”, “sens [cens] / electoral”, “contribu-/ tions [contributions]”; on the stone, near the carpenter: “28. 29. / 1830 »
iconographic description:
observations: cf. Explanation of pl. P. 313; description, analysis: the royal throne is surrounded by protectors: military, ecclesiastics, foreigners (notably the holy alliance of russia, austria and prussia) who exert their weight to prevent it from flying away. He is also kept on the ground by the hereditary peerage, the price of the electoral census making it possible to exclude the less well-off section of the population. . . In the foreground, a man of the people, carving the foot of a new throne, certainly, which, this one, would be based on republican bases, as the inscriptions on the stone tend to make clear (dates of the three glorious years). The pl. Tends to show that a regime, if it wants to last, must at all costs receive the support of the people: “this is because any throne which is not seated on the unshakeable foundations of freedom must end up falling before the cry of the people (…)”. Mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1831.
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