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: 35. 8cm
width: 52. 4cm
dimensions - image:
height: 27. 4cm
width: 43. 5cm
description:
ht plate published in the political, moral, literary and scenic caricature, volume 6 (12th drawing of the association, july 1833)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title at the bottom center: “comme what // the great knight of the july sun defeated in single combat the knight of the sad figure who wanted to take away his freedom. // (the 4th year of the 3-day revolution. )”; indications: top to left: “12th drawing of the monthly association (month of july)”
inscription - in the letter: “paris, chez aubert, gallery véro dodat. » [editor], “l. De becquet, rue furstemberg n°6. » [printer]; in the image, bottom right, signature: “jj. Grandville // ae. Desperet” [jean-jacques grandville and auguste desperet, designer]
inscription - on the left are the newspapers defending the government: the “figar […] [figaro]”, covered with his hat and turning his back, the “moniteur” universel, wearing a pear-shaped hat and a dress decorated with a crowned pear and a human figure, as well as two fleur-de-lis. Viennet meditates on a text. His garment bears the title of some of his writings: “epitre [to the chiffoniers]”, “[ode to] // mu […] [mules] // of // [don] miguel”
iconographic description:
in a medieval-style joust, two opponents face each other. The incarnation of the press, in the guise of a man of the people, soberly dressed, mounted on a lion, has just defeated louis-philippe using the spear of “freedom of the // press” (in the form of a large feather). The king then falls from his mount, which is a rooster. His helmet, in the movement of the fall, covers his face. His stomach is covered with a garment marked “chart […] [charte]”. His spear breaks. The end with which the king intends to strike is decorated with a hand of justice, while at the other end is a dagger. His shield is decorated with an umbrella topped with a top hat decorated with the tricolor cockade. Behind are a crisscrossed syringe (evoking lobau's repressive measures) and a pair of scissors (evoking the censorship measures put in place by the government). A rabbit's head and a cat's head (symbols of cowardice and deceit) complete this decor. The town hall, at the back of the composition, is decorated with flags. On the sides of the space provided for the fight are two stands, the left one containing the king's supporters (we can recognize, from left to right: thiers stretching out his arm, dupin waving a bell, lobau stabbing his heart with an enema syringe, soult in the background, d'argout letting his arms hang on the palisade, guizot stretching out his arms), the right one containing those of freedom of the press (one can identify the figure of liberty wearing the phrygian cap decorated with the tricolor cockade and waving a flag and a laurel wreath). The first stand displays a banner decorated with a pear, while at the top of a mast of the second fleet a flag decorated with the sun of july (bearing the inscription "27 28 // 29"). The foreground tribune contains the supporters of each party: on the left, viennet, "le moniteur" and "le figaro". Next, “the // caricature” blowing into a horn. He wears a fool's hat with bells and feathers. The “charivari” blows into a horn made from a copy of the newspaper (“chari // vari”). He wears a hat with bells, bells around his neck, and bangs on kitchen utensils hanging from his clothes. Another character, with glasses, plays the violin (aubert?). In the center are characters who have come to witness the scene. In the background, on the left, a fort on which a tricolor flag flies, and to the right the vendôme column with, at its top, a statue of napoleon (a new statue of the emperor, as a small corporal, by charles émile seurre, was placed at the top of the column on july 28, 1833, in the presence of louis-philippe). Person / character depicted:
thiers, adolphe; louis-philippe i, king of the french; dupin, andré marie jean-jacques (known as dupin elder); guizot, françois; argout, antoine maurice apollinaire d', baron; viennet, jean pons guillaume; soult, nicolas-jean de dieu; 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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