Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
delpech, françois seraphin (orléans, 1778 - 1825), designer-lithographer
other title: administrative morals (series title)
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 26cm
width: 34. 7cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 15. 9cm
width: 17. 2cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
title of the work - above the image: administrative morals
legend - under the image: mr. The head of division giving an audience. Inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier under the image on the right: i. Lith de delpech. Iconographic description:
in an office furnished with beautiful armchairs, a bookcase, sculpted busts and an antique cup, a clerk receives a client. She is elegantly dressed and wearing a hat decorated with ribbons. Standing aside, a patient servant. 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. "as for the immense character named head of division under the empire, sometimes director under the restoration, and now once again become head of division, he lives above or below his two or three offices, sometimes after that of one of his heads. His apartment is always distinguished by its size, an advantage well appreciated in these singular cells of the hive called the ministry or general directorate, if indeed there is only one general directorate! [excerpt from the employees or the superior woman, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, office worker, bust (sculpture)
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 35. Date: Unknown.
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