Vendre sa femme en Angleterre, - Est ce qu'on voit, dit-on, assez communément, - Je le crois, car chez nous que de maris, BAL925(bl), Entre 1828 et 1829

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer bulla, joseph, editor langlumé, pierre (poitiers, 1790 - 1830), designer-lithographer other title: the metamorphoses of the day (title of the series) production date: between 1828 and 1829 type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: lithography dimensions - artwork: height: 27cm width: 36. 1cm dimensions - image: height: 17. 3cm width: 23cm dimensions - mounting: height: 50cm width: 40cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: signature - j. Grandville letter - metamorphoses of the day n°56 letter - selling your wife in england, // is this what we see, it is said, quite commonly, -// i believe it, because among us, how many husbands often, // would still pay to get rid of her (p. E. C) inscription - lith. By langlumé registration - at bulla, rue st jacques n°38, and at martinet, rue du coq. Iconographic description: five protagonists meet on a country path. On the left, a man represented with a bird's head leads a resigned woman with her head lowered (with a sheep's face) and drooping shoulders by a leash. On the right, three gentlemen stand in front of a wooden barrier. The one in the center has the head of a bulldog and extends his open hands forward. The other two have rooster heads. Extract from métamorphoses du jour (editions gustave havard libraire, paris, 1854): "imagine that gentlemen english husbands did excellent business with the help of this noble traffic. They first had the advantage of getting rid of their wives, which was already quite nice, and then they never failed to retain all or almost all of the price of the sale, leaving nothing to their associates than this portion of the profit which consisted of separating them from them. " themes / subjects / places represented: social subject, morals, rooster, dog, fraud - scam, engagements, young girl mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 21–02–1986 institution: maison de balzac inventory number: bal925(bl). Date: Entre 1828 et 1829.