Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
gaugain, henri-armand pierre, printer-lithographer
ardit, e. , editor
other title: les grisettes (title of the series)
date of production: 1827
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: watercolor, vellum paper, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 31cm
width: 22cm
dimensions - image:
height: 13. 8cm
width: 8. 2cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 30cm
width: 24cm
description:
plate 7 from the series "les grisettes" by henry monnier, paris, ardit et gaugain, 1827
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - above the image on the left: "grisettes" and on the right: "pl. 3" under the image on the left: "henry monnier" and on the right: "lith. De h. Gaugain" under the letter in the middle: "published by e. Ardit rue de la monnaie, n°11 and ch. Henri gaugain, r. Vivienne n°2"
caption - under the image: thank you for your politeness
iconographic description:
two young women wearing ribboned caps and the one on the right draped in a large shawl, are accompanied by a man, walking behind them and holding an umbrella above their heads. He has a large file in a portfolio under his right arm. Actor, playwright and designer, henry monnier helped illustrate la comédie humaine. His engravings of administrative morals, and especially his play scenes from bureaucratic life, clearly inspired balzac for his novel la femme supérieure, renamed les employés. The same references to the customs of their time often inspired the two artists in parallel on numerous subjects as we can see in the following extract: "recently, while passing rue de rivoli on his way to the bois de boulogne, our baron saw baroness d'aldrigger under the arcades. The little old woman had a green greatcoat lined with pink, a flowered dress, a mantilla, in short she was always and more than ever a shepherdess of the alps, because she did not understood more the causes of her misfortune than the causes of her opulence. She relied on poor malvina, model of heroic devotion, who seemed to be the old mother, while the baroness seemed to be the young girl and wirth followed them with an umbrella in her hand. [excerpt from la maison nucinguen, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, grisette, umbrella, gallantry
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-124. Date: 1827.
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