Author(s):
devéria, achille (paris, 06–02–1800 - paris, 23–12–1857), designer-lithographer
motte, charles (in 1785 - in 1836), printer-lithographer
production date: in 1819
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 28cm
width: 42. 7cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 32. 5cm
width: 49. 8cm
description:
lithograph mounted on a cardboard sheet. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - on the front, bottom, center, printed: "family of the extinguishers. ". Inscription concerning the author - on the front, lower right, in brown ink: "lith de motte". Date - on the front, top left, in pencil: "8ber 1819". Stamp - on the front, bottom right, in red ink: "ville / de / paris" (lugt 2012c)
collection mark - on the front, lower right, in purple ink: "collection liesville / ville / de / paris" (cf: lugt suppl. 1681b)
stamp - on the front, lower left, in black ink: "carnavalet" (lugt 432d)
inventory number - on the reverse, lower left, in black ink: "g: 12356". Iconographic description:
caricature. Five priests whose robe and hairclip take the shape of the candle snuffer. One of them is holding a paper with the inscription "conservative" and another is holding a paper with the inscription "drape / white". Background with hills. Historical commentary:
under the restoration, the extinguisher was a caricature motif very popular in liberal circles. The editors of the newspaper le nain jaune (1814-1815) imagined ridiculing the men in power and the supporters of the clergy by awarding them the order of the extinguisher, denouncing the obscurantism and blindness of royalist circles. This lithograph is one of the rare works by devéria with an anticlerical and satirical spirit. Mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: liesville, alfred de, viscount
date of acquisition: 03–1880
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: g. 12356. Date: En 1819.
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