Caricatures politiques. ncipal, Vers 1829 — 1831

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer other title: “journey to eternity” notebook, folio 1. (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 back of the drawing, at the bottom center, 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: "1" (corresponds to the page number of the notebook). \ inscription in ink inscription - on the back of the drawing, handwritten in pen and brown ink: "les singeries // the inconveniences of life [. . . ]". \ inscription in ink iconographic description: charge portraits, political caricatures, busts. Characters in period costume. Fulchiron (deputy for rhône) on the left and on the right, another deputy with a phrygian cap. Another drawing: court officers in robes. Historical commentary: the computer inventory numbers are made up of that of the notebook: card06424, the folio number and the letters a (folio recto) or b (folio verso). For types and caricatures cf. C. F. Getty, 1986, p. 118-131, p. 204-279, nº194, nº199; a. Renonciat, 1985, p. 66-96 and “press and caricature”, c. I. H. P. O. Nº7, 1983. Folio 1 recto of the notebook, reflections on the "singeries" of card06423/131, cf. S. Le men, 1987, p. 11, 34 and a. Renonciat, 1985, p. 140. 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.