Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
bulla, joseph, editor
langlumé, pierre (poitiers, 1790 - 1830), designer-lithographer
other title: the metamorphoses of the day (title of the series)
production date: between 1828 and 1829
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 5cm
width: 36cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 16. 5cm
width: 19. 5cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
description:
lithograph printed on paper and enhanced with gouache. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the author - bottom left of the image: "j. Grandville"
title of the work - above the image: "the metamorphoses of the day n°39"
caption - under the image: "there is plenitude we will bleed you tomorrow, / in the meantime continue the diet. /there's redundancy of blood and humours, we'll /bleed you to-morrow, till then, very little food"
inscription concerning the author - bottom right of the image: "lith. Of [langlumé]"
registration concerning the test - at the bottom right of the legend: "chez bulla, rue st jacques n°38 / et chez martinet rue du coq"
iconographic description:
slumped in a large armchair, a patient is being examined by three doctors. At his side, two small dessert tables are covered with vials and a note (an invoice?) is readable: "to monsieur auhautpas, ex dancer at the arcade". The patient has exaggeratedly thin legs and a grasshopper's head while the doctors, dressed in long coats and top hats, have the heads of leeches. Extract from métamorphoses du jour (editions gustave havard libraire, paris, 1854): "but in the time of grandville, peace having suspended the regulated cups of death, called glorious, whose counterfeit is the sabre, the musket and the cannon, the practice of medicine once again became indispensable. It was the time when the leech had a monopoly on human blood. Learned doctors had peremptorily established that in the blood were the principle and the cause of all our ills, it seemed that humanity was too robust, and; that a congregation of vampires had sworn to bleed her dry. "
themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, disease, doctor, grasshopper, fraud - scam
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 21–02–1986
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal925(av). Date: Entre 1828 et 1829.
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