Finding aid for the Donald Goldberg collection of French caricature, 1830-1853
Finding aid prepared by Brian Parshall.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Donald Goldberg collection of French caricature
Date (inclusive): 1830-1853
Number: P890001
Creator/Collector:
Goldberg, Donald
Physical Description:
393.0 prints
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A collection, assembled by Donald Goldberg, comprised entirely of 19th century French lithographs designed by two artists
known by their pseudonyms, Paul Gavarni and Grandville, and featuring political and social caricature.
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Language: Collection material is in
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Biographical/Historical Note
This collection is comprised entirely of 19th century French lithographs designed by two artists known by their pseudonyms,
Paul Gavarni and Grandville. Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier was born in Paris on 13 January, 1804. He began to study drawing
with Professor Leblanc at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in 1818, and sold his first lithograph for publication in
1824. In 1829 he adopted the name Paul Gavarni after a town in the Pyrenees. The following year he turned to fashion illustration
and later designed theatrical costumes and carnival disguises. Beginning in 1837 he drew lithographs for Charles Philipon's
journals
Le Charivari and
La Caricature. Gavarni's images are observations of social manners and customs (and as such are technically caricature only by association).
He differed from Philipon's more famous discovery, Honoré Daumier, whose scathing political and social caricature offended
many, particularly the government censors. Gavarni abandoned lithography entirely following the death of his young son in
1857, and gradually withdrew from society. He died in obscurity in 1866.
Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard was born at Nancy in 1803. His pseudonym was borrowed from his paternal grandparents, who worked
as comedian under the names Monsieur and Madame Grandville ("Big City"). He began his career as a miniature painter, studying
first with his father and then with Hippolyte Le Comte, but by 1820 had abandoned this medium and devoted himself to lithography
and illustration. As an increasing dislike for the messy work of lithography took hold, he began to work with collaborators
who copied his drawings onto the lithographic stone. In his own time he was considered first a political caricaturist, and
second an illustrator of children's works. In both types of drawings he metamorphosed humans and animals, revealing at the
same time our animalistic nature and our tendency to anthropomorphize. All the lithographs by Grandville in this collection
are political caricatures published in
La Caricature, except the first, a social caricature which features the infamous character M. Mayeux, and the last, which was published
on subcription only. Following the death of his three children, and of his wife of nine years in 1842, Grandville himself
died in 1847 in an asylum at Vanves near Paris.
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Preferred Citation
Donald Goldberg Collection of French Caricature, 1830-1853, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. P890001.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifap890001
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1989.
Processing History
The Donald Goldberg collection originally included reference books, as well as complete sets of periodicals such as
La Lune and
Le Mirliton. These publications are now part of the Getty Research Institute Library. The caricature prints were transferred to Special
Collections ca. 1996. The cataloguing of the print collection was completed on Jun 30, 1997 by Brian Parshall who wrote this
finding aid.
Note on Cataloging:
The standard reference for works by Gavarni is Armelhault (pseudonym for Mahérault) and Bocher,
L'Oeuvre de Gavarni (Paris: Librarie des bibliophiles, 1873) and cited as A & B; for works by Grandville see Gottfried Sello,
Grandville: Das Gesamte Werk. 2 vols. (Munich: Rogner u. Bernard, 1969) cited as Sello. Both have been used in cataloging this collection and are cited
in the entries.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection, assembled by Donald Goldberg, contains nineteenth century French lithographs by two artists known by their
pseudonyms, Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) and Grandville (1803-1847), with examples of political and social caricature by each.
The majority are from publisher Charles Philipon's journals
La Caricature, founded in 1830 during the so-called July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, and
Le Charivari, founded in 1832.
Arrangement note
The collection is organized in 2 series:
Series I. Works by Gavarni;
Series II. Works by Grandville
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Caricature--19th century--France
Subjects - Places
Paris (France)--Social life and customs
Genres and Forms of Material
Prints--France--19th century
Proofs before letters--France--19th century
Contributors
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866
Goldberg, Donald
Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847
Series I.
Works by Gavarni,
1837-1853
Physical Description:
ca. 30 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
Out of more than 2000 total works in Gavarni's graphic oeuvre, the 380 lithographs by him in this collection include many
of the themes and subjects for which he is most well-known, such as
Les Lorettes and
Debardeurs, with a number of complete series and some apparently unique examples.
Box 1, Folder 1
A & B 231. 3rd state. "Au petit lever"
Scope and Content Note
From series
Les Actrices no. 1. Caricature Provisoire 22. Imp. d'Aubert;
Le Charivari. [See also folder 2, and Box 8, folder 186 for others in this series].
Box 1, Folder 2
A & B 238. 2nd state. "Protegez Seigneur! une vierge chretienne"
Scope and Content Note
No. 8 from series
Les Actrices. Imp. d'Aubert; Chez Bauger. [See also Box 8, folder 186 for another print from this series].
Box 1, Folder 3-25
A & B 1024 -1044; 1046; 1048. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni
Scope and Content Note
First 21 prints, plus 23rd and 25th, from the series
Carnaval. Assorted states, papers.
Box 2, Folder 26-49
A & B 1049-1054; 1056-1068; 1706-1708. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni
Scope and Content Note
Nos. 26-31; 33-49 from the series
Carnaval. Assorted states, papers.
Box 3, Folder 50-51
A & B 1140-1141. Complete 2-print series entitled
Les Patrons
Scope and Content Note
2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 3, Folder 52
A & B 1129. Print from
Les Parents terribles
Scope and Content Note
Only print executed from a planned series entitled
Les Parents terribles. 2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 3, Folder 53-62
A & B 1130 - 1139. Complete 10 print series entitled
Le Parfait créancer
Scope and Content Note
All are 2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 3, Folder 63-65
A & B 1087 - 1089. Complete 3 print series entitled
Gentils hommes bourgeois
Scope and Content Note
All are 2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 3, Folder 66-68
A & B 1081 - 1083. First 3 of a six-piece series entitled
Faits et Gestes du propriétaire
Scope and Content Note
All are 2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 3, Folder 69-73
A & B 1076 - 1080. Complete 5 print series entitled
Des Mères de famille!
Scope and Content Note
No. 4 is before the letters; all others are 2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 3, Folder 74-79
A & B 998 - 1003. Complete 6 print series entitled
Affiches Illustrées
Scope and Content Note
No. 2 is 3rd state; all others are 2nd state. From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni.
Box 4, Folder 80-97
A & B 1004 - 1016, 1682, 1023, 1683. Nos. 1-13, 22,23, and 24 of a suite of 24 prints entitled
Baliverneries Parisiennes
Scope and Content Note
From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni. All are 2nd state (nos. 22 & 23 lack series nos.), except nos. 8 and 13, which are before the letters, and appear to be
proofs, evidenced by the legend written in ink. Additionally, there are duplicates of nos. 1 and 12, on different paper, and
mounted in thinner mats.
Box 4, Folder 98-104
A & B 1069 - 1073, 1709, 1711. Nos. 1-6 and 10 of a suite of 10 prints entitled
Chemin de Toulon
Scope and Content Note
From
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni. All are 2nd state except nos. 6 and 10, which are before the letters.
Box 5, Folder 105-129
A & B 1090 - 1114. The first twenty-five of a series of forty prints entitled
Impressions de ménage (2e série)
Scope and Content Note
Part of a larger group, most of which appeared in
Le Charivari beginning in
1844 under the heading
Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni. Of the present set, only the first (A & B 1090) is before the letters; A & B suggest that it was not published in
Le Charivari because the lithographic stone may have broken during printing, and it was then replaced by the following image (A & B 1091).
As a result, this first print is listed as "Very Rare." The remainder are 2nd state.
Box 6, Folder 130
A & B 245.
Fantaisies
Scope and Content Note
The title
Fantaisies, and "2 Livraison, No.4" have been added to this print following its publication in
La Caricature provisoire on
9 juin 1839. This is then the 2nd state, which appeared in
Le Charivari on
16 novembre 1841, and also formed part of a suite, issued in installments (livraisons) of six plates each.
Box 6, Folder 131
A & B 291.
Fantaisies
Scope and Content Note
2 Livraison, No. 5. First appeared in
Paris,
20 janvier 1839. 2nd state.
Box 6, Folder 132
A & B 318.
Fantaisies
Scope and Content Note
2 Livraison, No. 6. First appeared in
La Caricature provisoire,
27 janvier 1839. 4th state. [For the description of the suite
Fantaisies, see p. 430 in A & B; since these prints are revised reprises of earlier issues, they are described here as a series, though
the A & B numbers are applied in earlier sections].
Box 6, Folder 133
A & B 295. One print from
Paris le soir
Scope and Content Note
One of four prints by Gavarni included in the larger series of 25 entitled
Paris le soir, which appeared in
Le Charivari in
1840. Third state.
Box 6, Folder 134-143
A & B 708, 719, 720, 721, 724, 727, 728, 734, 737, 738. No. 5, 16, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 31, 34, and 35 from
Impressions de ménage (1re séries)
Scope and Content Note
Various states and papers. Published in
Le Charivari in
1843.
Box 6, Folder 144
A & B 941. One print from
Les Petits malheurs du bonheur
Scope and Content Note
No. 6 of a dozen prints in the series entitled
Les Petits malheurs du bonheur. Only state. From
Le Charivari
7 janvier 1838.
Box 6, Folder 145-152
A & B 1117, 1118, 1741, 1119, 1123, 1125, 1127, 1128. No. 27-30, 34,36,38, and 39 from
Impressions de ménage (2e séries)
Scope and Content Note
Various states and papers. Published in
Le Charivari in
1847, except No. 29 (A & B 1741), which was published separately.
Box 6, Folder 153
A & B 1335. No. 28 of 30 prints from a series entitled
Histoire de Politiquer
Scope and Content Note
Series is a subseries of the larger
Masques et Visages, which appeared in Paris (Journal) in
1852 and
1853. This appeared on
26 juin 1853. 2nd state.
Box 6, Folder 154
A & B 2040. "On l'entoure"
Scope and Content Note
Before letters. Unpublished lithograph, "On l'entoure." At a ball, a woman in fancy dress is being ogled by several males
behind her, two of whom wear false mustaches. "Very Rare".
Box 7, Folder 155-160
A & B 1514, 1519, 1521, 1525, 1528, 1531.
Musiciens Comiques ou pittoresques
Scope and Content Note
Six of a series of 28 prints (A & B 1512 - 1539) entitled
Musiciens Comiques ou pittoresques, some with series and livraison nos., some without. A & B 1519 is before the letters. Published in the
Revue et Gazette musicale.
Box 7, Folder 161-177
A & B 1540 - 1556.
Physionomies de Chanteurs
Scope and Content Note
Full set of 17 prints of a series entitled
Physionomies de Chanteurs. A & B describe the set as having two sets of series numbers printed on them, from the series as issued in the
Revue et Gazette musicale, and as assembled in livraison. But 1540-45, 1548, 1550 and 1551 lack these numbers, and this "state" is not described at
all by A & B.
Box 7, Folder 178-180
A & B 1557, 1558, 1560.
Scope and Content Note
Three of 8 prints issued as an "addenda" to the above series,
Physionomies de Chanteurs, only without the collective title, and lacking the
Revue numbers, but with the livraison numbers.
Box 8, Folder 181
A & B 51. "Henry Monnier,"
1843
Scope and Content Note
Printer: Bertauts, date: 1843. A full-length portrait of the actor, writer, and draftsman (1799-1877).
Box 8, Folder 182
A & B 93. Illustration for sheet music, "Amour pour amour"
Scope and Content Note
(A & B section titled "Morceaux de musique"). Bears only the text identifying the artist and printer. Title: [Amour pour amour];
Printer: Bertauts. A young woman in diaphanous dress leans on a riverbank with her feet in the water. At left, a stair descends
into the water, a vase on the 2nd step up. Note: A & B suggest that some shading in the genital region, which "attirent l'oeil,"
was removed for subsequent states. This was likely done to appease the government censors.
Box 8, Folder 183
A & B 108. Illustration for sheet music, "Fleurs d'orient,"
1842
Scope and Content Note
A & B section titled "Morceaux de musique". Title: [Fleurs d'orient]; Printer: Bertauts. Two young women in asian costume
recline on cushions beneath some trees.
Box 8, Folder 184
A & B 211. "Les Femmes Artistes,"
1856
Scope and Content Note
Title: Les Femmes Artistes. Mistress Diana S... Printer: Bertauts [from
L'Artiste, 6e série, t. II, 1856]. A portrait of the artist, palette in left hand, standing before an oval canvas on an easel.
Box 8, Folder 185
A & B 222. One print from
Les Beaux-Arts, illustration des arts et de la littérature,
1843
Scope and Content Note
Seventh of nine lithographs made by Gavarni for a suite designed by several artists for a three-volume set entitled
Les Beaux-Arts, illustration des arts et de la littérature. From v.1, 25e livraison. Title: [La Captive de V. Hugo]. Printer: Bertauts Publisher: Curmer. A young woman reclines on
a divan, clasping her hands together.
Box 8, Folder 186
A & B 242. One print from
Les Actrices
Scope and Content Note
No. 12 from a suite of 14 entitled
Les Actrices. Before the letters. Title of the suite and XII are penciled on the sheet. First state. Title: [Madame Charmant, vous aves
dit votre scène du pavillon comme un ange, . . ]. Printer: [Aubert], published in
La Caricature, 20 juin 1841. A & B: published without change in
Le Charivari, 21 avril 1843. Young actress, dressed in peasant costume, standing backstage with a man, dressed in evening clothes and
top hat. She is listening to him, her head and eyes lowered, her hands in the pockets of her skirt.
Box 8, Folder 187
A & B 248. Only plate (No. 1) from a projected suite entitled
Camaraderies
Scope and Content Note
Title: Ruse et confiance. Printer: Aubert. Publisher: Bauger. Date: from
La Caricature, 28 novembre 1840. A man at left is scrutinizing a chain of jewelry being proffered by another man at right, who looks out
at the viewer, winking his left eye
Box 8, Folder 188
A & B 413. No. 29 from a series of 40 entitled
Le Carnival à Paris
Scope and Content Note
Before the letters. Title: [Cornichon de cabinet de lecture, va!...(etc.)]. Printer: Aubert. Publisher: Pannier. Date: from
Le Charivari, 17 janvier 1843. A young woman stands at the right, back towards the viewer, reading from a book to another young woman
in a domino, who is sitting up in bed at the left.
Box 8, Folder 189
A & B 427. No. 5 of a series of six prints entitled
Le Chevalier de Nogaroulet
Scope and Content Note
(A & B 423-428). Title: [Alcibiade Cliquet est chargé de la rédaction d'une réclame sur les faux toupets pour un grand journal].
Printer: Aubert. Vendor: Chez Bauger. Date: appeared in
Le Charivari, 9 novembre, 1839. Alcibiades is hunched over blank paper on a desk, scratching his head with his pen, staring blankly at
four toupées, two on the table and two mounted on stands.
Box 8, Folder 190
A & B 665. No. IV from the series of 54 lithographs entitled
Fourberies de Femmes (2e séries)
Scope and Content Note
Title: [ - Quand je pense que Monsieur Coquardeau va être mon mari, ça me fait de la peine pour Alexandre. - Et à moi pour
Coquardeau]. Printer: Aubert. Date: from
Le Charivari, 21 octobre 1840. Two young women in a room, one standing, turned to the right, with hand to chin in thought; the other seated,
viewed from the back, writing at a table.
Box 8, Folder 191
A & B 673. No. 12 from the series of 54 entitled
Fourberies de Femmes (second series)
Scope and Content Note
Before the letters (text is pencilled in on sheet). Title: Mais quelle est donc la femme qui ne serait pas heureuse et fière
de vous appartenir, mon Jules? Printer: Aubert. Distributor: Bauger. Date: from
Le Charivari, 8 décembre 1840. A young woman in a nightgown is kneeling on a sofa facing a middle-aged gentleman with his hands in his
pockets, and his legs extended and crossed.
Box 8, Folder 192-196
A & B 749, 802, 823, 824, 826. Nos. 9, 40, 61, 62, and 64 from the series
Leçons et Conseils
Scope and Content Note
A suite of 20. Before the letters, except No. 61, which is 3rd state.
Box 8, Folder 197
A & B 833. No. 71 from a series of 79 pieces (A & B 763-841) entitled
Les Lorettes
Scope and Content Note
Appeared in
Le Charivari in 1841-1843. Third state. Title: C'est le papa de mosieu Arthur qui est un mosieu embêtant! Cré chien! Printer: Aubert.
Publisher: Pannier. Date: from
Le Charivari, 29 septembre 1843. Arthur's father has him by the collar and is hitting him with his cane. In the background, the lorette
buries her head in the bed; the remains of a luncheon are scattered about.
Box 8, Folder 198
A & B 1278. No. II in a series of 10 lithographs entitled
L'Ecole des Pierrots
Scope and Content Note
4 of which were published in Paris (Journal) in 1852. Title: [Arthur! voilà le moment de montrer que t'es un homme]. Printer:
Lemercier. Date: from Paris (Journal), 23 octobre 1852. Two men in their long-sleeved Pierrot costumes; one holds a bouquet
of flowers.
Box 8, Folder 199
A & B 1675. One print ( No. 13) from
Les Artistes contemporains
Scope and Content Note
One of five pieces (No. 13) by Gavarni from a suite of 160 lithographs by diverse artists, published successively in 8 vols.
under the title
Les Artistes contemporains. Title: [Rendez-vous]. Printer: Bertauts. Date: 1845-1853. A woman strolls beneath a pergola, mounting some steps. She walks
away from the viewer, head turned to the left and arms crossed, with a distracted look on her face. Her torso and head are
darkened by the shade offered by the pergola.
Box 8, Folder 200
A & B 1676. One print (No. 30) from
Les Artistes Contemporains
Scope and Content Note
One of five examples by Gavarni included in a suite of 160 lithographs by diverse artists, published successively and united
in an 8-volume set entitled
Les Artistes Contemporains. The following is No. 30 in the series. Title: [La Cantonnade]. Printer: Bertauts. Date: [ca. 1845-1853]. A "stage-door Johnny"
has the attention of an actress in the wings of the stage. The performance can be seen taking place at the left.
Box 8, Folder 201
A & B 1694. One print from
La Boite aux lettres
Scope and Content Note
The twelfth in the unnumbered first section of
La Boite aux lettres series. Before the letters (caption is handwritten in brown in; likely a proof). Title: [Je soussigné, Roi des Batignolles,
prince de Clichy...(etc.)]. Date: from
Le Charivari, 20 mars 1838. A man sits on a rock, writes on a tablet balanced on his knee with a quill pen; another quill is stuck into
a band around his head.
Box 8, Folder 202
A & B 2091. "Argent mal employé"
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished. Only state. "Very Rare." Title: [Argent mal employé]. At the left, a well-dressed man with his hat in his hand
resting on his hip, places some coins in the hand of a beggar at the right.
Box 8, Folder 203
A & B 2172. "Le Mari, la femme, et l'amant"
Scope and Content Note
"Very Rare." Title: [Le Mari, la femme, et l'amant]. Date: [1835?]. A seated woman at the left of an outdoor setting, is being
eyed by a young man at the far right. Between them is a middle-aged man none too pleased by the encounter.
Box 8, Folder 204
A & B 2200. "1792"
Scope and Content Note
The third of a series of nine pieces published in the journal
L'Artiste. Title: [1792]. Printer: Frey. Date: from
L'Artiste, 1re série, t. III. Two standing men and a seated woman in period costume.
Box 9, Folder 205
A & B 868. One print from
Les Martyrs
Scope and Content Note
No. 7 in a series of 8 entitled
Les Martyrs. Proof before the letters.
Box 9, Folder 206
A & B 1152. One print from
Le Manteau d'Arlequin
Scope and Content Note
First of a series of 12 pieces entitled
Le Manteau d'Arlequin. Proof before the letters.
Box 9, Folder 207
A & B 1388. One print from
Manières de voir des voyageurs
Scope and Content Note
No. 4 of a suite of 10 lithographs entitled
Manières de voir des voyageurs, published under a variety of circumstances (see A & B p. 303). Before the letters. Ex-coll. Rouart (stamp).
Box 9, Folder 208
A & B 1670. One print from
Les Artistes anciens et modernes
Scope and Content Note
One of seven prints by Gavarni from a set of 240 lithographs by diverse artists published sucessively and reunited in ten
volumes under the title
Les Artistes anciens et modernes. This print, No. 44 from the series, has the imprint of the number, printer, artist, and title, but lacks the above heading.
Box 9, Folder 209
A & B 1671. One print from
Les Artistes anciens et modernes
Scope and Content Note
No. 102 from the set above:
Les Artistes anciens et modernes; same state as above but lacks image title.
Box 9, Folder 210
A & B 2044. One print from
Les Toquades
Scope and Content Note
No. 16 from an unpublished suite of 20 lithographs, which were reproduced identically by the Gillotage process, and published
under the title
Les Toquades. As a result, "very rare." Ex-coll. Rouart (stamp).
Box 11, Folder 89
Gavarni,
La Boite aux lettres Paris: Arnauld de Vresse,
1837-1839?
Scope and Content Note
As the letter included in the portfolio from the vendor suggests, Gavarni's cataloguers, Armelhault and Bocher, have created
something of a mess with this series. It is included twice in the catalog, under both "Revues et Journaux," (beginning p.88)
and "Suites Publieés Isolément," (p.418). In the introduction for the prior section they state that the first dozen of the
series had been published anterior to their appearance in
Le Charivari by Caboche, Grégoire et Cie. (no mention of Arnauld de Vresse). Consequently, the first twelve listings in this section hold
no catalog numbers, the assumption being, it seems, that since these were published anterior and separately, the numbers in
the "Isolément" section would take precedence. The same is true for series No. 31. This problem is compounded by the fact
that the first 13 prints in the series of 34 are without series numbers, save two which have the same number (No. 11). The
Inventaire du fonds, v. 8 (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1954), which notes a series of 32 prints (cat. no. 129, p.490), attempts to catalog
the group by series number, commingling the numbers from both sections in A & B, but omitting the fourth and fifth (unnumbered)
prints from the series (A & B. 1687 & 1688). The seventh print in the series, as with the others, is unnumbered in the "Journaux"
section, but is omitted from the "Isolèment" section, and consequently has no A & B number, although the same image but with
a different legend is catalogued as A & B 1690. The present set was issued as a bound volume, but the vendor (or collector?)
chose "to unbind the prints and make the covers into a portfolio to hold them loose," as the "back-strip was detached and
loosely inserted into the volume; several plates were getting frayed and crumpled." There is, however, no evidence of fraying
or crumpling in the prints from this set. The frontispiece is clearly not by Gavarni; the lithographer for this page is Vayron,
while the rest bear the imprint of Caboche, Grégoire et Cie. This "set" is comprised of the first eleven prints in the series,
with the addition of the fourteenth to bring the number to twelve. So the A & B numbers are 1684 - 1695, with the addition
of 349. All these are of the second state, with the letters, as printed in
Le Charivari. To this portfolio, Goldberg had added seven other prints from the series of 34, one of which has been removed to Box 8 (A
& B 1694; no series no.). These are: A & B 348, 351, 357, 360, 361, and 1696.
Box 12, Folder 90
A & B 902 - 913. Gavarni,
Paris le matin
Scope and Content Note
Lithographic album. Full set of 12 prints as published in
Le Charivari in 1839. Hand colored. 2nd state. The binding does not appear to be contemporary. 17 blank pages bound in at back.
Box 13, Folder 91
A & B 258; 429 - 448. Gavarni,
Clichy
Scope and Content Note
Lithographic album, with glossy title page. Full set of 21 prints of the series as it appeared in
Le Charivari and
La Caricature, 1840-1843. Hand-colored. 2nd and 3rd states. Bound with Benjamin's(?) portrait of Gavarni from the series of
Dessinateurs from the
Panthéon Charivarique, published in
Le Charivari, 1839-1840, laid down and tipped in; also laid down and tipped in, a (wood-engraved?) reproduction of an unpublished drawing
by Gavarni of a "patron de bateau;" and an original letter tipped in, in the hand of and signed by Gavarni.
Box 14, Folder 92
A & B 2300 - 2304; 2216; 2218. Gavarni,
Travestissemens [sic]
Parisiens
Scope and Content Note
Album of 10 lithographs. 3rd and 4th states. Penciled notations at front suggest that this may be ex-collection of the artist
Hermann-Paul (1874-1940). Ostensibly the suite of 8 prints that formed Gavarni's contribution to a large series published
under this title by Aubert, with the addition of two hand-colored versions (of nos. 2301 and 2304) tipped in. However, there
are some anomalies: the uncolored version of 2304, printed by Aubert rather than Lemercier, is not mentioned in A & B; the
suite lacks no. 2305, but includes a print not found in A & B, that of
Fantaisie Ecossaise, which bears No. 85 from the series
Travestissemens Parisiens.
Box 15, Folder 94
A & B 763-814. Gavarni,
Les Lorettes
Scope and Content Note
Lithographic album. The first 52 prints of a series of 79 pieces, as published in
Le Charivari, 1841-1843. Hand-colored. 2nd and (mostly) 3rd states. [Penciled refs. to A & B incorrect for Nos. 771 & 772]. No. 779 is
of a state not mentioned in A & B; a grammatical error noted in the catalogue ["(sic)"] has been corrected on the plate. [For
the state mentioned in the catalogue, see Beatrice Farwell,
The Charged Image. exh. cat. (Santa Barbara: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1989) #77, p.90-91]. Bound in at back is a small 8 p. catalogue
of the publications of Aubert & Cie. At front is a stamp from the Bibliothèque de Beauchamps.
Box 16, Folder 95
A & B 259-263; 307-309; 486-542; 1233. Gavarni,
Debardeurs
Scope and Content Note
Lithographic album. Full set of the 66 print series, as it appeared in
Le Charivari,
La Caricature, and
la Mode from 1840-1842. All are hand-colored, except No. 16 (A & B 501). The large majority are 2nd state. [Note: A & B 1233 (No.
58 of the series) is incorrectly numbered 1223 on page 328 in the catalogue, though it falls between 1232 and 1234. A & B
1223 is penciled on the print, which is clearly incorrect].
Series II.
Works by Grandville,
1830-1835
Physical Description:
ca. 2 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
The thirteen examples by Grandville are all from the heyday of Philipon's
La Caricature, and include an example from the monthly subscription series
L'Association mensuelle lithographique, established by Philipon to raise money for his legal battles with government censors.
[Note: Unless otherwise noted, all are crayon lithographs. All are designed by J.J. Grandville (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard)
(
1803-1847), although transfer to the lithographic stone was achieved by a number of collaborators, as noted.]
[See also Note on Cataloging (above) for references cited in item descriptions below].
Box 10, Folder 211
Grandville, "Nom de D..!peut on avoir les jambes f...... comme ça!..."
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 13. Hand-colored. Lithog: Delaporte. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 16 December, 1830. Monsieur Mayeux, the infamous
hunchbacked dwarf invented by Traviès, is envious of a passerby with long legs.
Ref: Sello, Gottfried.
Grandville: Das Gesamte Werk. 2 vols. (Munich: Rogner u. Bernard, 1969) 61.
Box 10, Folder 212
Grandville, from suite
Le carnival politique
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature[No. 19] Pl. 38 [&39]. Hand-colored. From suite
Le carnival politique. Lithog: Delaporte. Printer: Langlumé. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 19 March, 1831. M. Dupin escorts a prostitute, who represents
a "Certaine magistrature." Ref: Sello 74. Note: This image is the first half of a suite of two (the second is Sello 75; they
are illustrated as united in Sello 73).
Box 10, Folder 213
Grandville and Vatier, "Le Bouquet......Choui--i! Put! put-put!....Pan!!....pan-pan,pan! brrrr..pan, papapapa pan! pan!!...pan!
pouf! pouf! Patapatapouf!!!!"
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 56. Lithog: Delaporte. Printer: Langlumé. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 5 May, 1831. Ostensibly a fireworks display,
but close examination reveals that the items showering the night sky are symbols of the public honors which Louis-Philippe
bestowed upon his rivals in order to keep the peace: medals, epaulettes, pensions, swords, money, peerages, etc. A flaming
scaffold reads: "Peace at any price." Ref: Sello 82.
Box 10, Folder 214
Grandville and Eugene Forest, "La France livrée aux Corbeaux de tout espèce"
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 100. Hand-colored. Lithog: Delaporte. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 15 October, 1831. Allegorical figure of France
is being devoured by crows wearing various accouterments of the ancien régime. Ref: Sello 98.
Box 10, Folder 215
Grandville and Forest, "Singeries. Morales, Politiques, etc. Pl. 1"
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal). Lithog.: Bénard. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 19 April, 1832. Six vignettes in which monkeys are dressed as humans. Sheet:
318 x 439mm. Ref.: Sello 126-131.
Box 10, Folder 216
Grandville and Julien, "Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi. (L'ours et l'amateur de
jardins. - Lafontaine)"
Scope and Content Note
From:
La Caricature (Journal) No. 93 Pl. 191. Lithog: de Becquet. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 16 August, 1832. A bear is about to try to squash a flying
insect representing
La Caricature (Journal). In the process, he will drop the stone on the sleeping gardener, a caricature of Louis-Philippe. Ref: Sello 141.
Box 10, Folder 217
Grandville and E. Forest, "La gratification portée par la France nouvelle, les Débats, etc."
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 121 Pl. 251. Hand-colored. Partial signature in stone. Lithog: de Becquet. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 21 February,
1833. Figures in costume representing various journals carry the body of a figure representing the death of free press. Ref.:
Sello 170.
Box 10, Folder 218
Grandville and E. Forest,
Cérémonie des cendres politiques (suite)
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 121 Pl. 250. Hand-colored. Partial signature in stone). Lithog: de Becquet. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 28 February,
1833. A parade of ten figures (political caricatures) in various costumes: d'Argout as Polichinelle; Guizot as a cleric, etc.
The "pear" head of Louis-Philippe is sketched on the "saddle" of the giraffe. Ref.: Sello 171.
Box 10, Folder 219
Grandville and Eugene Forest, "Memento homo quia pulvia en et in pulverem reverteria"
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 120 Pl. 248. Hand-colored. Lithographer: de Becquet. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 28 February, 1833. Six figures (political
caricatures) in costumes of the Comedia dell'arte and other historical (ie. reactionary) eras are about to be stoned by a
man, with two boys, one in a Phrygian cap, holding stones. Ref: Sello 172.
Note: The three lithographs above are intended to be sequentially arranged in order of appearance, forming a panoramic view
of the procession. Sello 173 illustrates the whole].
Box 10, Folder 220
Grandville and Desperet, "Le Temps l'amène, patience, patience!"
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 177 Pl. 372 & 373. Lithog: Delaunois. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 27 March, 1834. Allegorical figures of Father Time
and Liberty are warned by the Press that promised freedoms will not come quickly. Ref.: Sello 198.
Box 10, Folder 221
"G.D." [i.e., Grandville and Desperet], "Jugement des Juges"
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal) No. 233 Pl. 484 & 485. "G.D." in reverse on stone. Lithog: Delaunois. Vendor: Aubert. Date: 23 April, 1835. Father
Time has brought in two members of the ancien regime (presumably magistrates) before allegorical figures of France, and of
Justice, who is branding their foreheads with the letter "A". Ref.: Sello 218.
Box 10, Folder 222
Grandville and Eugene Forest, "Décès de Madmoiselle Hérédité. Elle laisse inconsolables ses pairs et ses enfans. De profundis."
Scope and Content Note
From
La Caricature (Journal). Lithog: Delaporte. Vendor: Aubert. This copy is on newsprint, laid down on china paper. A group of people, most
of whom bear a family resemblance (and particularly large noses), some of whom may be caricatures of various political figures,
are shown mourning the passing of Mlle. Heredity, who wears a gown, but appears rather masculine. Not found in Sello.
Box 10, Folder 223
Grandville and M.[?], "Grande Vendage du Budjet. Année de la Comete, bonne année, pleine année.Grande Vendage du Budjet. Année
de la Comete, bonne année, pleine année."
Scope and Content Note
From
L'Association mensuelle lithographique No. 4. Lithog.: de Becquet. Vendor: Aubert. Date: December, 1832. Louis-Philippe and his ministers are harvesting bags of
money as if they were bunches of grapes on the vine. Evident at the left is the censor D'Argout, with his famous nose and
shears. Ref.: Bechtel, Edwin de Turck.
Freedom of the Press and L'Association mensuelle: Philipon versus Louis-Philippe (New York: Grolier Club, 1952).