Madame Grégoire, BAL2007.61, En 1828

Author(s): monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer other title: songs of béranger (title of the series) production date: in 1828 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: laid paper, watercolor dimensions - artwork: height: 15. 2cm width: 22. 5cm dimensions - album: height: 15. 7cm width: 24cm description: colored engraving marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: title of the work - under the image: madame grégoire inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier author inscription - under the image on the right: lith. Rue nd des victoires, 16. Iconographic description: soldiers in uniform burst into a room cluttered with rubble (a cellar?). The owner, a woman of the people dressed in her white apron, stands between the soldiers and a large cloth concealing two men who are hiding there. Illustration of the words of béranger's song "madame grégoire" of which here is an extract: "rawdy drinkers the women were quarreling with her. How many times i have seen gallants fighting for her! the guard and the loves always bickering, she, as a woman of the most capable, in her bed hid the culprits. Ah! as we entered drinking at her cabaret!" béranger (1780-1857) is a french singer-songwriter prolific and extremely popular to whom balzac refers in several of his novels. "this worthy gentleman particularly hated priests, he was part of this large herd of simpletons who subscribed to the constitutionnel, and was very concerned about the refusal of burials. He adored voltaire, although his preferences were for piron, vadé, collé. Naturally he admired béranger, whom he ingeniously called the high priest of lisette's religion. His daughters, madame camusot and madame protez, his two sons, would be, according to a popular expression, fallen from their height, if someone had explained to them what their father meant by: singing about mother godichon!” [excerpt from a beginning in life, by honoré de balzac] themes / subjects / places represented: literary scene, soldier, pimp mode of acquisition: purchase institution: maison de balzac inventory number: bal2007. 61. Date: En 1828.