Gravure satirique. Première division, salle des barbes (caricature), G.8747(2), En 1835

Author(s): grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer andrew, john (1815 - c. 1870 — 1875), engraver best, jean (toulouse, in 1808 - around 1879), engraver leloir, isidore (in 1806 - in 1881), engraver other title: (no more barbers!!! intelligent and progressive steam applied to the daily uses and needs of man. ) (inscribed title (letter)) production date: in 1835 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print dimensions - artwork: height: 17. 7cm width: 24. 2cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, inscriptions printed in black ink. In the title, at the top in the middle: "1st division. -beards room / a corporal and six men. ", on the left, a comment: "six beards in five seconds. ", at the bottom the legend: "(no more barbers!!! intelligent and progressive steam applied to the daily uses and needs of man. )"; under the characters, the names of the authors, on the left: "jj. Grandville" and in the middle: "andrew. Best. Leloir". \ impression stamp - on the front, bottom middle, stamp in black ink: "carnavalet" (cf. Lugt suppl. 432d). \ inscription in ink inscription concerning the author - on the back, lower left, in pencil: "grandville". \ pencil inscription inventory number - on the reverse, lower left, handwritten in black ink: "g. 8747". \ inscription in ink inscription - on the reverse, top right, inscription in pencil: "bl". \ pencil inscription iconographic description: satirical engraving. First division, beard room. A corporal and six soldiers have their beards shaved with steam, by machines. Caricature. Historical commentary: “six beards in three seconds” appeared in the magasin pittoresque in august 1835 and was set in the context of the development of the inventions of steam engines. This is a first drawing mocking these discoveries, which can be linked to "the great automate", a famous steam attraction of the cabinet of physics and mechanics of mr. Pelletier at the palais-royal (rochegude and clébert, les rue de paris, ii, p. 62, reed. 1958). Next in the work of taxile delord, another world (1844), "concert à vapor", "la rhubarbe et le senna" and "restaurant à la vapor" which takes up the composition of "six barbs. . . " (cf. Exhibition. J. J. Grandville, musée des beaux-arts de nancy, nov. 1986-march 1987, pp. 384-385). Acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 8747. Date: En 1835.