Plaisirs de Paris. 8. G.24874 (1 of 4), Victor Adam, between 1837 and 1840

Author(s): adam, victor (jean-victor adam, known as) (paris, 28–01–1801 - viroflay, 30–12–1866), designer-lithographer lemercier, bénard et cie, printer-lithographer jeannin, henri, editor other title: leisure. (title of the set) production date: between 1837 and 1840 dating in centuries: 2nd quarter of the 19th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print materials and techniques: lithography dimensions - artwork: height: 32cm width: 38. 5cm dimensions - mounting: height: 40cm width: 50cm description: plate no. 8 from the “leisure” series including nine vignettes. Mounting on rectangular sheet. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: signature of the performer - on the front, on the image, between vignettes, signature: "v. Adam". Legend - on the front, inside the frame, under each vignette, from left to right: "move on!. . ", "the distraction. ", "great cleanliness of the streets. ", "embellishments of paris. ", "the narrow street. ", "a stormy rain. ", "pare the grease!", "the blind man. ", "the sawyers. " letter - on the front, inscriptions printed in black ink, at the top of the sheet, title: "plaisirs de paris. "; at the bottom, in the middle of the square line, the title of the series: "loisirs par v. Adam. ", under the line, on the left: "paris, published by jeannin, place du louvre nº. 20", under the title, the number of the plate: "8. ", above the line, at the bottom right: "imp. De lemercier, benard et cie. ", under the line, on the right: "lith. By v. Adam. ". Stamp - on the front, bottom left: "editeur d'estampes / h. Jeannin / in paris". Date - on the front, bottom middle, in pencil: "(1845)". Inscription - on the front, lower right, in pencil: "vp. 4383". Inventory number - on the front, bottom right, in pencil: "g. 24874". Iconographic description: caricature. Suite of nine vignettes on the embarrassments of the streets of paris, a bourgeois knocked down by a piece of wood, a man carrying a beam knocking out another man, a woman throwing a bucket of water on the feet of a bourgeois, two men falling, a dealer in plaster figures, a cart of wheat passing in a narrow street, a storm of rain, umbrellas, a dog attacking a man carrying a pâté, a blind man with a violin causes a woman to trip with his dog, sawyers. At the top, on either side of a lantern, a seated man. Themes / subjects / places represented: genre scene acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 24874 part of: hobbies. (iff p. 50). Date: between 1837 and 1840.