Les études sont pénibles, coûteuses, mais les étudiants sont intrépides.(Caricature). G.8728 (1 of 2), En 1841

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer andrew, john (1815 - c. 1870 — 1875), engraver best, jean (toulouse, in 1808 - around 1879), engraver leloir, isidore (in 1806 - in 1881), engraver caqué, joseph hippolyte jules (paris, 08–01–1814 - châtenay, in 1885), engraver paulin, editor hetzel, pierre-jules (chartres, 15–01–1814 - monte-carlo, 17–03–1886), publisher other title: scenes from the private and public lives of animals. (inscribed title (letter)) production date: in 1841 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print dimensions - artwork: height: 27. 9cm width: 39. 5cm description: this print belongs to a set made up of plates taken from scenes from the private and public lives of animals: carg008725 to carg008740, carg008748, carg008753, carg022188 to carg022223. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the proof - on the front, under the right sticker, at the bottom, inscriptions in pen and brown ink: "certified conform to the print / for hetzel and paulin / french / paris on march 15, 1841. ". \ inscription in ink letter - on the front, inscriptions printed in black ink. Under the sticker on the left: "studies are painful, expensive, but the students are intrepid. ", under the one on the right: "having said this, this poor invalid curtsies to us, / and hobbles away. ". Signatures of the authors, under the left sticker, on the left, that of grandville: "jj g [. . . ]" (illegible signature) and on the right: "jhcaque" (emphasis on the e); under the right sticker, on the left: "ii g. ", and on the right: "andrew best leloir". \ impression stamp - on the front, below the vignettes in the middle, stamp in black ink: "carnavalet" (cf. Lugt suppl. 432d). \ inscription in ink inscription - on the front, top left, in pencil: "765". \ pencil inscription inscription - on the front, top right, in pencil: "766". \ pencil inscription inventory number - on the reverse, lower left, handwritten in black ink: "g. 8728". \ inscription in ink inscription concerning the author - on the back, top left, in pencil: "réserve. Graville (sic)". \ pencil inscription inscription concerning the author - on the back, lower left, in pencil: "grandville". \ pencil inscription iconographic description: scenes from the private and public lives of animals. “studies are arduous, expensive, but the students are intrepid. ” cartoons. Two vignettes, animals mimicking men. A bird with a schoolbag under his arm (a student). An old one-eyed bird wearing a cocked hat with both amputated legs replaced by crutches (an invalid, former soldier of napoleon's grande armée), he is in front of the hôtel des invalides. Titles of the two vignettes: "studies are painful, expensive, but the students are intrepid. ", "having said this, this poor invalid curtsies to us, and hobbles away. " historical commentary: this print illustrates scenes from the private and public lives of animals drawn by grandville (1840-1842). It seems that the drawings in the first volume date from 1841 and those in the second volume from 1842 (see exhibition catalog "grandville original drawings", 1986-1987). Acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 8728. Date: En 1841.