Histoire d'un lièvre (caricature). G.22214(1), Vers 1835 — 1845

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer brévière, louis-henri (forges-les-eaux, 15–12–1797 - hyères, 01–06–1869), engraver hetzel, pierre-jules (chartres, 15–01–1814 - monte-carlo, 17–03–1886), editor paulin, editor other title: scenes from the private and public lives of animals. (title of the set) production date: around 1835 — 1845 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print dimensions - artwork: height: 28cm width: 19. 9cm description: this print belongs to a set made up of plates taken from scenes from the private and public lives of animals: carg008725 to carg008740, carg008748, carg008753 and carg022188 to carg022223. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, inscriptions printed in black ink. Under the vignette: "there were once, in the field over there, two little hares with their sister; / and then, there was also a big nasty bird who wanted to stop them from passing. "; signature of the authors under the thumbnail, on the left: "i. I. Grandville. " and on the right: "breviere. ". \ ink inscription stamp - on the front, lower right, in purple ink: "carnavalet" (cf. Lugt suppl. 432d). \ ink inscription inscription concerning the author - on the back, lower right, in pencil: "grandville". \ pencil inscription inventory number - on the reverse, lower right, handwritten in black ink: "g. 22214". \ inscription in ink inscription - on the reverse, lower left, in pencil, the entry number: "e. 21577". \ pencil inscription iconographic description: scenes from the private and public lives of animals. Story of a hare. Caricature. Vignette, three hares stopped on their way by an owl, with saber and hat (a country guard?) and in the distance a fox with a gun. Title: "there were once, in the field there, two little hares with their sister; and then, there was also a big bad bird who wanted to prevent them from passing. " historical commentary: this print was to illustrate story of a hare. . . , by p. -j. Stahl, taken from scenes from the private and public lives of animals, drawn by grandville (1840-1842). It seems that the drawings in the first volume date from 1841 and those in the second volume from 1842 (see exhibition catalog "grandville original drawings", 1986-1987). Acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: deloison, robert date of acquisition: 01–05–1984 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 22214. Date: Vers 1835 — 1845.