Price: $750.00
SKU: 82177
ARTIST: Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
PUBLISHER: Paris, Lith de Becquet.
MEDIUM: Lithograph,
DATE: 1833.
EDITION SIZE: Image size, 8 7/8 x 18" (224 x 445 mm)
DESCRIPTION: On s'abonne chez Aubert, Galerie véro dodat. Lith. de Becquet, rue furstemberg N.6. A scarce satirical print showing a cabinet of natural history, consisting of several animals with human heads displayed on a shelf and on the wall; each is identified by a label bearing a mock Latin name; the heads are caricatures of French politicians of the time. The artist Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard, aka J. J. Grandville, was one of the first French caricaturist to portray the political theatre. It is likely that he was an influence on Honore Daumier.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition save for traces of old matline. One stain just left of the lower title. Original hand coloring.
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