Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
julien, bernard-romain (bayonne, 16–11–1802 - bayonne, 03–12–1871), designer-lithographer
becquet (printing) (28–02–1796), printer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1832
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 35. 6cm
width: 27cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 23cm
width: 21. 5cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 4, september 6, 1832 (plate no. 197)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title in ht in the center: “the bouquet of parsley. »; caption bottom center: “rehearsal of a compliment that needed to be said. // a butterfly fluttering on my head // tells me that today is your birthday. // i searched in my garden, // i found neither rose nor jasmine; // but what does it matter, // i searched in my heart // i found this flower there. »; indications, top to left: “la caricature (journal) n°96”, top to right: “pl. 197. ”
inscription - in the letter: “lith. De becquet rue childebert n°9. » [printer], “we subscribe to aubert galerie vero dodat” [publisher]; in the image, bottom left, signature: “grandville and julien” [jean-jacques grandville, designer, and bernard-romain julien, lithographer?]
registration - on the table on the left, trial of some opposition newspapers: “procès du corsaire”, “procès // du // national”, “tribune”; on the newspaper containing the head: “le national”; on the papers in the vase on the right: “lai // of the stamp”, “law of the suretyship […] [guarantee]”; on the “memento” hanging on the wall, several times the occurrence “seizure”
iconographic description:
persil in a magistrate's robe, standing in the foreground, offers the head of armand carrel wrapped in the newspaper le national, to a pear, representing louis-philippe, placed on a chair in front of him. On the fireplace decorated with two fleurs-de-lys, a clock decorated with a guillotine (guizotine), a jar containing a small character wearing the phrygian cap decorated with the tricolor cockade and armed with an ax, a vase containing saws (evoking censorship) and two human bones, another vase containing some rolled manuscripts. On a table, as a paperweight above the file of the newspaper la tribune and next to that of the national trial, the miniature head of d'argout. Pl. Published on the occasion of the trial of the national, the main press organ opposed to the government, directed by armand carrel. According to preiss, based on the article in “derv. » (desnoyers), "from the six stories of crime", appearing at the beginning of this issue, it plays on the words spoken by persil during the trial, which summarized the charges as follows: "i will resume, gentlemen of the jury, starting with the weakest to finally arrive at the one that i will call the bouquet". More generally, pl. Condemns the policy of repression carried out by the july monarchy against opposition newspapers. On the same theme, cf. Pl. 343 of number 163 (december 20, 1833). Person / character represented:
parsley, jean-charles; louis-philippe i, king of the french; argout, antoine maurice apollinaire d', baron
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1832.
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