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: 27cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - image:
height: 20cm
width: 22cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 2, july 21, 1831, (plate no. 76)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title at bottom center: “nightmare of the police prefect, or the / conspiracy of canes and umbrellas. »; indications, top to center: “la caricature (journal)”, top to right: “n°76. »
inscription - in the letter: “lith. De delaporte” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert, véro dodat gallery. » [editor]; in the image, bottom left, signature: “jj grandville” [jean-jacques grandville, designer]
inscription - hanging on the left wall, a poster bearing the inscription: “ordinance / of / police / [?] / vivien”; on a note placed on a small table: “seizure / at the museum / [?]” (see explanation)
iconographic description:
observations: cf. Explanation of pl. P. 297-298; description, analysis: in a room, a man in a nightgown, lying in bed, very agitated and with his head thrown back, is prey to a nightmare, the elements of which appear in the foreground in the form of canes and umbrellas with human, animal or monstrous heads. The sleeping man is the prefect of police vivien who, in anticipation of possible unrest for the day of july 14, 1831, had sent a police order (which we see posted on the left wall) to the population to encourage them to remain calm. The pl. Offers the representation of vivien's sleep during the night which followed july 14. His dream is populated by opponents of the regime taking revenge for having been subjected to calm, or even bullied on july 14. We recognize the personifications of the republic (with the phrygian cap), napoleon (with his bicorne), an emigrant with a hooked nose, "accompanied by escobar, near whom a snuffer stands, without a gray hat with a tricolor cockade appearing in the least offended; and then a public order schakot in glasses and in insurrection, and even a greyhound pretending to be terribly upset” (in explanation). Weapons also form the pommel of some canes: two daggers and a pistol. A horse appears at the right window (an allusion to the painting the nightmare by johann heinrich füssli). Mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1831.
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