La foire aux idées. 72. (IFF p.63), G.24889(3), Victor Adam, Entre 1851 et 1855

Author(s): adam, victor (jean-victor adam, known as) (paris, 28–01–1801 - viroflay, 30–12–1866), designer-lithographer monrocq brothers, publisher becquet frères, printer-lithographer other title: the ideas fair. (title of the set) production date: between 1851 and 1855 dating in century: 3rd quarter of the 19th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print materials and techniques: lithography place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - artwork: height: 31. 9cm width: 24. 5cm dimensions - mounting: height: 50cm width: 40cm description: plate nº72 from the series “the ideas fair”. Mounting on rectangular sheet. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, inscriptions printed in black ink, at the top of the sheet, title: "the fair of ideas, by v. Adam. ", and on the right, the plate number: "72"; in the image, bottom left: "v. Adam"; under the figures, on the left: "paris-monrocq brothers-publishers. ", on the right: "lith. De becquet brothers, in paris. ". Stamp - on the front, bottom right: "bibl. / ville paris". Inscription - on the front, bottom right, in pencil: "v". Inscription concerning the author - on the back, lower right, in pencil: "v. Adam. " inventory number - on the back, bottom left, in pencil: "g. 24889". Iconographic description: caricature. Series of vignettes. Head of a man, hunter with a rifle, peasants at a table, bourgeois, horsemen in renaissance costume accompanied by a page and a pack of dogs. Two heads of men and a bust portrait of a man disguised as a harlequin, figures in uniform or disguised (tank top, chicard, harlequin, columbine, comedia del arte). Themes / subjects / places represented: genre scene acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 24889 part of: the ideas fair. Date: Entre 1851 et 1855.