Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
giraldon and bovinet, publisher, printer
other title: the puppets (series title)
production date: in 1826
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography, vellum paper
dimensions - artwork:
height: 24. 2cm
width: 32cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 17. 2cm
width: 17. 7cm
description:
print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
title of the work - above the image: the puppets of paris and london drawn from natural by henry monnier
registration concerning the place - under the image: paris chez giraldon bovinet m. D'estampes commissionnaire passage vivienne n°26 and in london 54 frith street; soho square. Date - below image, below location: 1826
registration concerning the proof - under the image, under the date: imp. Lith by f. Noël. Iconographic description:
a mountebank blows soap bubbles with a pipe. He stands in a landscape of small woods which opens strangely through a hole in the background onto a tiny couple conversing near a balustrade. Bell towers and roofs can be seen on the horizon. 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: " -- you frighten me, bianchon! so have you learned many things since our stay at maison-vauquer? -- yes, since that time, my dear, i have seen them, puppets, dolls and puppets! i know a little about these beautiful ladies whose bodies you take care of and what they do have more precious things, their child, when they love him, or their face which they always adore. " [excerpt from the prohibition, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, saltimbanque, forest - wood
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal98. 65. Date: En 1826.
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