Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
bernard, charles louis (paris, 29–06–1769 - paris, 11–09–1848), designer-lithographer
giraldon and bovinet, editor
other title: recreation (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: 23cm
width: 31. 4cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 15. 2cm
width: 19. 6cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
wet stamp - t. H. : monogram a m and 2 r next to each other?
title of the work - above the image: recreations
number - above image: 6
legend - under the image at the bottom left: the little bon-homme took advantage. Under the image at the bottom right: the amateurs
inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier under the image on the right: lith de bernard
registration concerning the test - under the image: published by girladon bovinet, passage vivienne [. . . ]
iconographic description:
compositions in two sketches. On the left side, a small, tight man in his bourgeois suit speaks to a soldier in uniform who stands a good head taller than him; he points his index finger towards the officer's face as if he wants to inform him of some news. On the right side, five people advance, three elegant men and a young woman dressed simply flank a lady draped in a large coat. 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: "there is a small number of amateurs, people who never walk like fools, who enjoy their paris, who possess its physiognomy so well that they see a wart, a pimple, a redness. For the others, paris is always this monstrous marvel, an astonishing assembly of movements, machines and thoughts, the city of a hundred thousand novels, the head of the world. " [excerpt from ferragus, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, military (profession)
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 42. Date: Unknown.
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