Richesse et misère, ou, Rien qu'un [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Richesse et misère, ou, Rien qu'un [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Rien qu'un
- Creator
- Maleuvre, Louis, active 1785-1829, printmaker
- Contributor
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Martinet, Aaron, 1762-1841, publisher.
Godisart de Cari, artist. - Published / Created
- [8 August 1818]
- Publication Place
- A Paris
- Publisher
- Chez Martinet libraire Rue de Coq no.15
- Abstract
-
A thin miser stands before his desk laden ledgers (one with a label 'Avoir'), piles of papers, and bags of money and on top, at tray with carafe (of water?) and a partial loaf of bread with a knife; a ring of keys hang from the lock of the desk drawer. The large waste paper basket below the desk is filled with sheets of paper, one of which is titled "Bureau de Carite" and a letter "A Monsieur ... rue Pari[s] ...". He stands shivering, his nose and cheeks red with cold, as he ties one end of a string from a ball on the desk to a tie on his shirt which is thrown on the arm of the desk chair along with his coat. At the left on the wall above the mantel is a picture "Les Israélites adorant le veau d'or" which is signed lower left G. De Cari and lower right Maleuvre. The mantel holds a clock, two fine china cups with saucers and two candlesticks, one candle burnt low, the other unused. A thin cat looks up at him meowing. Through the window on the right is a view of the neighboring buildings
- Description
-
Title from caption below image.
Series title and numbering from impression in the British Museum online catalogue.
Dimensions from impression in the British Museum online catalogue.
Lettered on the painting over the fireplace 'G de Ca' and 'Maleuvre'.
This plate was entered in the 'Bibliographie de France' for 8 August 1818. Cari's original drawing, which shows numerous differences, is in the BM (1989,0128.59).
Sheet trimmed to design with loss of series title and numbering: 19 x 23.5 cm. - Provenance
- Sold at Forum Auctions, 16 March 2017, lot 80. Purchased through Jarndyce; March 2017.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 21.4 x 23.7 cm
- Language
-
French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 818.08.08.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Etchings France Paris 1818
Satires (Visual works) France 1818 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Cats
Desks
Ethnic stereotypes
Avarice
Misers - Subjects
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Cats
Desks
Ethnic stereotypes
Avarice
Misers
France > Paris > 1818
France > 1818
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13296681
- Object ID (OID)
- 16227168