Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
bulla, joseph, editor
other title: the metamorphoses of the day (title of the series)
production date: between 1828 and 1829
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 1cm
width: 36. 2cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 17cm
width: 17. 5cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 50cm
width: 40cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature - granville
letter - the metamorphoses of the day pl. 1
letter - the walk
registration - paris at bulla, rue st jacques, and at martinet, rue du coq. Iconographic description:
four people with animal heads are out for a walk. First come two young women wearing veils, one a giraffe and the other a camel, followed by a couple formed by an elephant and a cane. We can recognize a bourgeois couple with their two daughters to marry. Excerpt from métamorphoses du jour (editions gustave havard libraire, paris, 1854): "without certainty, the scene takes place in a small provincial town, on a sunday, after vespers, between four and five in the evening, on the courtyard or on the mall [. . . ]you know that in all small towns there is a not very fortunate family, adorned with several daughters who will not marry, 1° because they have no dowry, 2° because nature has made them ugly now, when nature undertakes to make a woman ugly, she succeeds divinely, as in all her undertakings. If they are two sisters in this poor family, they have barely reached their thirties, immediately they are only known by this ridiculous name: the two without men. Themes / subjects / places represented:
social subject, morals, elephant, giraffe, veil, duck, camel, young girl, couple
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 21–02–1986
institution: maison de balzac
inventory number: bal925 (a). Date: Entre 1828 et 1829.
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