Author(s):
forest, eugène (strasbourg, 24–10–1808 - grenoble, 28–12–1891), designer-lithographer
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
delaporte, victor hippolyte (29–01–1804), printer-lithographer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1832
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 27. 8cm
width: 26. 6cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 3, january 5, 1832, (plate no. 125)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title bottom center: “resurrection of censorship. »; caption lower center: ““and she rose again the third day after her death” (st luke’s gospel)”; indications, top to left: “n°62. », top to center: “la caricature (journal)”, top to right: “pl. 125. ”
inscription - in the letter: “lith. De delaporte” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert, véro-dodat gallery. » [editor]; in the image, bottom center, signature: “j. J. Grandville / e. Forest” [jean-jacques grandville, designer, and eugène forest, lithographer]
inscription - on the theater facades, from left to right: “thea[…] [theater] of varieties”, “[…] [theatre] new”; names of newspapers indicated on scattered characters or numbers: “constitution[…] [constitutional]”, “la france [?]”, “la tribune”; in the box, on papers: “trial of / marechal / ney” (marshal ney sentenced to death in 1815; judged unjust by la caricature); on stones at the bottom, inscriptions: “july 27”, “july 28”, “29” (dates of the three glorious years). Iconographic description:
it is a parody of the resurrection of jesus christ. The count of argout, clutching a pair of scissors, emerges from a box appearing to miraculously fly, like someone resurrected. It is about censorship, resurrected, in the guise of d’argout. On the right, the personification of two period newspapers victims of censorship (le figaro armed with his pen and la tribune) which try to prevent it, and on the left le courrier seéveil and la révolution frowning. Just like the soldiers responsible for guarding the tomb of christ, represented asleep, here there are characters to the left of the tomb, represented as a box (a "ministerial box" in explanation): these are the incarnations of the pro-government newspapers (le messager, le constitutionnel, asleep in an armchair and holding purses of money against him, and le moniteur), asleep. In the background on the left, in front of the boulevards theaters, old women embodying the legitimist press. Person / character represented:
argout, antoine maurice apollinaire d', baron
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1832.
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