Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
other title: “voyage for eternity” notebook, inside of the lower cover: nº57. (dummy title)
production date: around 1829 — 1831
type(s) of object(s): drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 20. 7cm
width: 15. 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 and political satires, cf. Card06424. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inventory number - on the front of the drawing, bottom right, handwritten in red ink: "d. 6424". \ inscription in ink
inscription - on the front of the drawing, lower right, handwritten entry number in black ink: "e. 12102 a 27". (the “a” written on another letter and the “7” on another number). \ inscription in ink
inscription - on the front of the drawing, handwritten in black ink: "acquired from mr guiaud (1926)" (the "r" of "mr" in superscript and underlined). \ inscription in ink
iconographic description:
genre scene in interior architecture. Characters in period costume, coats, pants, shelves, containers, bottles and basket. 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. 41a to 56b, set of reflections written on the back of the notebook. 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. Date: Vers 1829 — 1831.
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