La Mort en marchande.La Mort en citadin. ncipal, Vers 1829 — 1831

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer other title: “journey to eternity” notebook, folio 21. Production date: around 1829 — 1831 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing dimensions - artwork: height: 20. 8cm width: 15. 8cm dimensions - album: height: 21. 3cm width: 16. 5cm depth: 1. 5cm dimensions - box: height: 22. 5cm width: 17cm depth: 2. 5cm description: part of the 56 folios of the “voyage for eternity” notebook of 71 sketches. Drawings are linked to the "journey to eternity". The others: types, political caricatures. 38 handwritten pages by the author: reflections on fantasies, social and political satires. See set: card06424. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: stamp - on the front of the drawing in the center right, stamp in black ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). \ inscription in ink inscription - on the front of the drawing, at the top right corner, handwritten in purple ink: "21" (corresponds to the page number of the notebook). \ inscription in ink iconographic description: death as a merchant. Death as a city dweller. Two genre scenes, street and imaginary character. Urban landscape. Death as a “brown” seller, women in popular period costume: dresses, shawls, headdresses. Death, skeleton dressed as a woman: headdress, apron; cone, brazier. Death, skeleton as a city dweller: pipe smoker, seated, a man, glasses and newspaper. Historical commentary: the computer inventory numbers are made up of that of the notebook: card06424, the folio number and the letters a (folio recto) or b (folio verso). See c. F. Getty, 1986, p. 147-148, 152-161; a. Renunciat, p. 31-33 and 36-37, j. Grand-carteret, 1888, p. 274 and i. F. F, t. 9, p. 330. Possible project for "journey to eternity", theme inspired by medieval dances of macabre. See the notebook manuscripts, p. 5-6, p. 54 and comment card06424/6b. Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 14–06–1927 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris part of: sketchbook for “journey to eternity”. Date: Vers 1829 — 1831.