Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
production date: around 1829 — 1831
type(s) of object(s): drawing
name(s): notebook
dimensions - artwork:
height: 15. 8cm
width: 20. 8cm
dimensions - album:
height: 21. 3cm
width: 16. 5cm
depth: 1. 5cm
dimensions - box:
height: 22. 5cm
width: 17cm
depth: 2. 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, cf. Card06424. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
stamp - top, middle, in ink: "ville / de / paris" (lugt 2012c). 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). Concerning the types, elegant, portraits and common people, cf. C. F. Getty, 1986 and the guiaud album (card06423). P. 52a: "the carpenter", p. 52b: “dethronement of charles x”, p. 54: subjects for the "journey to eternity", p. 54b, 55 and 56b: puns; p. 56a: "dreams of a grisette / [. . . ]", "dreams and nightmares". 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.
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