Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
desperet or desperret, auguste (in 1865), designer-lithographer
becquet (printing) (28–02–1796), printer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1833
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 35. 8cm
width: 51. 7cm
dimensions - image:
height: 31. 1cm
width: 40. 9 cm
description:
ht plate published in the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature, volume 6, 13th drawing of the association, august 1833
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title bottom center: “zin! zin! baoun – baoun – baoun!! –zin! baoun! zin! baoun! zin – zin – zin!. . . . . . . . Entrrrrrrrrrrez [enter], messieurrrrs [gentlemen] // and ladies! come, come, come seerrr [see] here inside the political grrrands [great] jumpers who are the admiration [admiration] of all the sovereigns of europe [europe] // it's the moment, it's the minute, it's going to endrrr! »; indications: top to left: “13th monthly subscription drawing (month of august)”
inscription - in the letter: “at aubert, gallery véro dodat. » [editor], “l. De becquet, furstemberg 6” [printer]; in the image, top left, on a beam, signature: “j. J. G. A. D. ” [jean-jacques grandville, designer, and auguste desperet, lithographer]
inscription - four posters bearing illustrations and inscriptions deliberately filled with spelling errors. On the 1st: a boat (the “véssot [vessel] of the eta [state] // (even the constitutional [constitutional]”). On the 2nd: the vendôme column (le gran [grand] napoléon susa [sur sa] colone [column]”. On the 3rd: the obelisk of luxor on the place de la concorde (“lobilisque de luqueçore”). On the 4th: three high flag bearers, sitting on a rope, a monkey (thiers?), wearing a cocked hat and wearing glasses, throws coins and a “secret fund” note. Iconographic description:
the title is an address to the spectator, encouraging him to come to the show organized by members of the government. The pl. In fact represents the latter as acrobats, as entertainers. In a street, in the foreground are spectators, members of the people, from behind, forming a crowd in which there are also members of the government: in the center we see soult stealing money from a man's pocket. Montalivet is responsible for transmitting the money to guizot, who transfers it to barthe, and finally to the duke of orléans giving a bag of crowns to louis-philippe who is responsible, hidden behind a curtain, for recovering the loot. A young man from the people turns around, looking sad, to look at the viewer. The pl. Denounces the government's taxation of the people. It is a spectacle proposed by the ministers to which the people attend. On a wooden stand, three musicians: from left to right: viennet (his projected shadow is in the shape of a donkey's head. Reference to estagel's donkeys and his epistle to the mules), lobau (he wears an oriental turban decorated with a clyster syringe) and thiers playing the flute, as well as dupin playing the bass drum (decorated with a pear) and cymbals. In the center, the tall and thin madier de montjau leans on a stick with his left hand, while with his right hand he points to the spectators at the posters unfolded behind him. The explanation provides a complement to the title of pl. And announces the circus acts to which the government invites the people. By the invention of these numbers, the explanation denounces the policy of louis-philippe, mocks the duke of orléans, addresses his praise to napoleon, criticizes the installation of the luxor obelisk in paris, denounces the arrests and persecutions of the republicans, ironizes on the republican commitment of the king of the french. . . Thus, "la caricature" brings together in one pl. And an explanation of many of the grievances she harbors against the government. She ridicules the ministers and the king, whom she compares to acrobats, “political jumpers”. Person / character depicted:
guizot, françois; louis-philippe i, king of the french; bachasson, marthe camille, count of montalivet; dupin, andré marie jean-jacques (known as dupin elder); madier de montjau, joseph paulin; barthe, felix; thiers, adolphe; soult, nicolas-jean de dieu; viennet, jean pons guillaume; mouton, georges, count of lobau
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1833.
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