Exploitation générale des modes et ridicules de Paris et de Londres par Henry Monnier Page de titre, BAL98-64a, Henry Monnier

Author(s): monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer senefelder, aloïs (prague, 06–11–1771 - munich, 26–02–1834), designer-lithographer gihaut frères, publisher other title: general exploitation of the fashions and ridiculousness of paris and london (series title) dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: lithography dimensions - artwork: height: 34. 1cm width: 23. 3cm dimensions - image: height: 19. 7cm width: 16. 5cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: title of the work - in the image: general exploitation of the modes and ridicules of paris and london by henry monnier inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier author inscription - below the image on the right: lith de senefelder registration for the event - chez gihaut frères, eidteurs, boulevard desitaliens, n°5. Iconographic description: in the street, a sandwich man presents the advertising sign he is holding in front of him. In the background, silhouettes of onlookers: bourgeois, women, children. 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: "at midday, the agent sent to the theater of war by the then king of finance looked at the french army as annihilated and hastened to dispatch a courier. The minister of police sent for the posters, the criers, and one of his associates arrived with a truck loaded with printed matter, when the evening courier, who had done excessive diligence, spread the news of the triumph which made france truly mad. " [a dark affair, by honoré de balzac] themes / subjects / places represented: subject of society, morals, advertising institution: maison de balzac inventory number: bal98-64a. Unknown date