Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
desperet or desperret, auguste (in 1865), designer-lithographer
becquet (printing) (28–02–1796), printer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1833
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 3cm
width: 35. 8cm
dimensions - image:
height: 18. 4cm
width: 27. 3cm
description:
ht plate published in the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature, volume 6, august 22, 1833 (plate no. 305)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title at bottom center: “the popular triage. »; indications: top to left: “la caricature (journal) n°146. ", ht to rt: "pl. 305. "
inscription - in the letter: “at aubert, gallery véro dodat. » [publisher], “l. De becquet, rue furstemberg 6. ” [printer]; in the image, bottom right, signature: “j. J. Grandv. A. Desperet” [jean-jacques grandville and auguste desperet, designers]
inscription - pasted on the piece of wall on the left, posters mentioning: “deblai // general // des // gravas // monarchiq […] [monarchiques]” and “scrapping // and // cleaning // public // of the // room // 1833”
iconographic description:
a man of the people, handsome and robust, takes a shovelful of deputies, which are in a wheelbarrow to the left of the composition, and throws it on a rack "as one does with earth that one wants to sift" (in explanation). Most of them, considered bad, do not pass through the cage and fall to the ground. The others, much fewer in number, judged worthy and pure, pass through the fence, and can take the path to the pantheon, visible in the background to the right. Among those waiting in the wheelbarrow, we can undoubtedly recognize soult, from behind, and guizot (?) holding the banner of the “221. ” deputies. It is dupin who is on the shovel, ready to be thrown onto the rack. Among those who could not get through, are recognizable argout with his pair of scissors, and lobau holding a clyster syringe, barthe falling on his back and holding the scales of justice. Thiers is thrown to the ground with his “history // of the // revolution”. The incarnation of the newspaper “le figaro” is face down on the ground. Only six people passed through: they were republican deputies. Another man of the people, for his part, performs the same operation, using a winnowing basket, on the political newspapers. The sheets passing through are the republican newspapers, in opposition to the regime: we find the “caricatu //re [caricature]”, the “temps”, the “chari // vari [charivari]”, the “tribune”, the “national”. While the sheets that remain in the basket are the newspapers defending the government: the “figaro”, the journal des “débats”, the “constitutionnel”, the “france // nouvelle”, the “moniteur”. On the same idea of large-scale screening of members of the government, cf. Pl. 98 (number 49; october 6, 1831). Person / character depicted:
thiers, adolphe; dupin, andré marie jean-jacques (known as dupin elder); barthe, felix; argout, antoine maurice apollinaire d', baron; soult, nicolas-jean de dieu; guizot, françois; mouton, georges, count of lobau
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1833.
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