Author(s):
devéria, achille (paris, 06–02–1800 - paris, 23–12–1857), designer-lithographer
delaporte, victor hippolyte (29–01–1804), printer-lithographer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1831
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 21. 2cm
width: 27. 6cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 1, march 3, 1831, (plate no. 37)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title bottom center: “transvestie evening”; indications: top center: “la caricature (journal)”, top right: “n°37”
inscription - in the letter: “lith. By delaporte seur de langlumé” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert, galerie véro dodat”; in the image, bottom right: “deveria” [achille devéria, lithographer designer]
iconographic description:
in an interior opened by two arcades in the background, characters dressed in historical costumes take their places. The man in the chair seems disguised according to the fashion of the 17th century (reign of louis xiii), the women in the center according to the fashion of the french 18th century, while the figures in the background, behind the sofa, are more reminiscent of the french renaissance period. One of the women, wearing a pointed magician's hat, speaks, through a tube, into the ear of a woman looking at the spectator and smiling. Mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac
part of:
the caricature. . . , number 18, march 3, 1831. Date: En 1831.
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