Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer-lithographer
feillet, pierre jacques, printer
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. 2cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 14. 5cm
width: 19. 7cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
wet stamp - t. H. (back): g
title of the work - under the image: alimens des badauds above the image on the right: n°7
author inscription - under the image on the left: henry monnier del. Registration concerning the test - under the image on the right: lith de feillet rue du faub montmartre n°4
iconographic description:
a motley crowd is gathered in a field. In the foreground, a drum is placed on the ground and acrobats stand next to it. In the background, onlookers watch a clown parade. 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 on numerous subjects, as we can see in the following extract: " -- i know adam so well that i am sure he would forget me for some trickster like your malaga. But where did you see her? -- in saint-cloud, last september, on the day of the festival. She was in the corner of the scaffold covered with canvas where the parades take place. Her comrades, all in costumes polish, gave a frightful hullabaloo. " [excerpt from la falsse mistress, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, saltimbanque, drum, spectator
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 130. Date: Unknown.
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