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
giraldon and bovinet, editor
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 - picture:
height: 14cm
width: 20. 7cm
description:
colored print
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
wet stamp - t. H. : monogram a m and 2 r next to each other?
title of the work - above the image: recreations
number - above image: 9
legend - in the image at the bottom left: persuasionin the image at the bottom right: waiting for the bellows. Inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnier delunder the image on the right: litho de bernard
registration concerning the test - under the image on the right: published by giraldon bovinet, passage vivienne, n°26. Iconographic description:
composition in two sketches. On the left side, two men are conversing with intensity. The youngest leans over the oldest, one hand on his shoulder and he points a finger under his nose. On the right side, a man sits, looking stern on an armchair. On a small table next to him, a quill, some ink, a book. Opposite him, a young boy in a school cap stands, contrite. 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: "five years older than me, charles was as beautiful a child as he is a handsome man, he was my father's privileged one, my mother's love, the hope of my family, hence the king of the house. Well made and robust, he had a tutor. I, puny and sickly, at five years old was sent as an external student to a boarding school the city, driven in the morning and brought back in the evening by my father's valet. " [extract from the lily in the valley, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
subject of society, morals, teacher - professor
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal91. 40. Date: Unknown.
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