Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
bernard, charles louis (paris, 29–06–1769 - paris, 11–09–1848), designer-lithographer
other title: recreation (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: 23cm
width: 31. 3cm
dimensions - image:
height: 17. 2cm
width: 17. 7cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
wet stamp - t. H. : monogram a m and 2 r next to each other?
number - above the image on the right: pl. 17
title of the work - above the image: recreations
caption - in the picture: incompatibility of moods, a consultation, fashionable. Inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier under the image on the right: lith de bernard
registration concerning the test - under the image:
iconographic description:
composition in three sketches. On the left at the top: a mismatched couple. The man is jovial, his cheeks round and red and his arms open with emphasis, the lady seems surly and turns away. In the lower left part: a lady is unwell and resting in an armchair filled with cushions, a doctor questions her while holding her hand, a woman sits next to them. On the right: a couple aboard a tilbury, the very elegant young woman with her dress with lamb sleeves and her very large hat is seated while the young dandy, standing, holds the reins and the whip. 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 in parallel on numerous subjects as we can see in the following extract: "this card gave his character a scent of aristocracy. Cefashionable had the audacity to take tilbury, bellhop, and to haunt the clubs. One word will explain everything: he did business on the stock exchange with the money of the kept women of whom he was the confidant. Finally he succumbed before the correctional police, where he appeared accused of to use too lucky cards: he had accomplices, young people corrupted by him, his obligatory minions, the accomplices of his elegance and his credit. " [excerpt from splendors and miseries of courtesans, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, carriage, couple, women's fashion, men's fashion, doctor, illness
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 54. Date: Unknown.
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