Author(s):
monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer
delpech, françois seraphin (orléans, 1778 - 1825), printer-lithographer
date of production: 1827
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: vellum paper, lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 25. 7cm
width: 35. 3cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 21. 2cm
width: 20. 6cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 30cm
description:
title page of the series parisian sketches by henry monnier, 1827, in paris, from imp. Lithog. From delpech, quai voltaire n°3
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
title of the work - above the image: parisian sketches, by henri monnier. 1827. Registration concerning the test - under the image: in paris, from the imp. Lithog. From delpech. Quai voltaire n°3. Signature - bottom left in the image: henri monnier
iconographic description:
a group of onlookers seen from behind. Men, women and children observe a barker holding a riding crop and his assistant. A large curtain unfolds behind them. 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 at the same time on numerous subjects as we can see in the following extract: "the first floor of this house, which contains four rooms each provided with a bed and the meager furniture necessary to justify the word garni, was rented to people obliged to come to soulanges by the jurisdiction of the bailiwick, or to visitors who were not accommodated at the castle; but, for twenty-five years, these furnished rooms no longer had for tenants as acrobats, fairground merchants, sellers of remedies or images, traveling actors or traveling salesmen. " [excerpt from les paysans, by honoré de balzac]
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, show, crowd, spectator, curtain, crop
mode of acquisition: purchase
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal 98-130. Date: 1827.
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