Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
bulla, joseph, editor
langlumé, pierre (poitiers, 1790 - 1830), designer-lithographer
other title: the metamorphoses of the day (title of the series)
production date: between 1828 and 1829
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 25. 6cm
width: 33. 4cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 15. 7cm
width: 19. 2cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature - j. Grandville
letter - the metamorphoses of the day n°69
letter - waiting for a guest
registration - paris at bulla, rue st jacques n°38, and at martinet, rue du coq. Inscription - lith. By langlumé
iconographic description:
five men are seated around a table. They are dressed in a bourgeois fashion: frock coats and jackets. They are represented with the heads of carnivorous or frightening animals: crocodile, conger eel, shark, rat and wild boar. One of them is about to uncork a bottle, another looks at his empty plate. The mouse man checks his watch while the last two guests brandish their knives. A chair remained empty. Extract from métamorphoses du jour (published by gustave havard libraire, paris, 1854): "and during this time the soup already served cools, and the roast roasts beyond measure. They say that the wait is cruel when you are waiting for your sweetheart, but it is a hundred times more painful when it is a dinner party that you are waiting for, especially if the master of the house believes in the old sayings, and has made you sit at the table in the hope that this would make the latecomer arrive more quickly. "
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, meals, rat, wild boar, chair
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 21–02–1986
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal925(bw). Date: between 1828 and 1829.
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