Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
delpech, françois seraphin (orléans, 1778 - 1825), designer-lithographer
other title: administrative morals (series title)
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 26cm
width: 34. 8cm
dimensions - image:
height: 15. 7cm
width: 17. 5cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
title of the work - above the image: administrative morals
number - above the image on the right: 9
inscription concerning the author - under the image on the right: i. Lith de delpechunder the image on the left: henry monnier
caption - under the image: a day of hearing. Iconographic description:
in an anteroom, a crowd of employees wait. Sitting on benches, more or less sprawled or asleep, they wait to be able to enter through the open door in the background where several people are already crowding around. 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 on numerous subjects in parallel, as we can see in the following extract: "-- you don't know me well, he said to the head of office, smiling at him. Friday evening, we will get along thoroughly. At the moment, i have to attend the audience, the minister is leaving it on my back today, because he is preparing for the chamber. But i repeat to you, rabourdin, do not fear anything. Rabourdin walked on. Slowly up the stairs, confused by the strange turn things were taking. He thought he had been denounced by dutocq, and he was not wrong: des lupeaulx had in his hands the state where he was judged so harshly and des lupeaulx was caressing his judge. Secretary-general. " [excerpt from the employees or the superior woman, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, office worker
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 33. Date: Unknown.
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