Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Les petites miseres de la vie humaine // [The small miseries of human life].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 16/Normal/19th c./Artists Bod-Boz GA 2012.00370
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcdv140656m
Publisher
[Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1843]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1843
Extent
1 item ; sheet 25 x 17.5 cm.
References
Bernhard, Rogner U. Grandville Das Gesamte Werk, vol. 2.
Forgues, Paul Emile Daurand. Les Petites Miseres.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Caricature; anthropomorphic scene. Fish and insect forms surrounding central circle with content information; Eye of Providence, above.
Inscribed in plate, center: 'Les petites miseres de la vie humaine // par // Old-Nick & Grandville // un volume in=80, 200 gravures, 15 fr. // Fables de la Fontaine // . . . // Robinson . . . Gulliver // en cours de publication // un beau volume grand in-80 illustre // . . . Texte par Old-Nick // Aventures d'un Tan = Qui dans le pays de Csin // La Chine Ouverte.'
Signed in plate, center: "gravures par Aug. Borget".

Discovery Information

Subject
Anthropomorphism in art
Eye in art
Caricature
Illustration of books—France—19th century—Specimens
French literature—19th century—Illustrations
Leaves (gathered matter).

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/01050939-226b-4bbc-9629-4c1cb06cf507/manifest