Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
production date: between 1833 and 1847
type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 22. 3cm
width: 28. 4cm
dimensions - old assembly:
height: 26. 2cm
width: 31. 5cm
dimensions - passepartout:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inventory number - on the front of the drawing at the bottom right, number in pen and red ink: "d. 8257" \ inscription in ink
inscription concerning the title - on the back of the montage at the bottom right, inscription in pencil: "granville - le passage du saumon" \ inscription in pencil
inscription - on the back of the assembly in the center, inscription in pencil: "21 [circled] flush" \ inscription in pencil
inscription - on the reverse of the assembly on the left, inscription in blue ink: "dw 72" \ inscription in ink
iconographic description:
the tail of the salmon passage theater. Current rue bachaumont, 2nd arrondissement. Charge. Show. Characters with animal heads. Characters on balconies, lantern, “ticket prices” displays; "lucrezia borgia, v. Hugo". ,
historical commentary:
composition inspired by aubert's "petite macédoine, nº 105" (pen lithograph from 1832 by granville and forest: bnf, inv dc 199 d, t. Iii). The three characters grouped together on the left refer to: "tamerlane of the constitutional" as well as the "noble carolina parakeet and [the] legitimist green canary at bay". The queue at the theater takes up the motif of the last subject "climb on my knee, not bourgeois, for ten sous you will gain twelve places in the queue. . . " (cf. Cat of the exhibition "granville", carnavalet, 1988, p 26)
acquisition method: manual donation
name of donor, testator, seller: david-weill, david
date of acquisition: 01–01–1955
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: d. 8257. Date: between 1833 and 1847.
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