- Creator:
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1814 and 1829]
- Call Number:
- 814.00.00.38
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A thin man in a cap pulled down on his head feeds a morsel of food to an obese woman who combs a wig in her hand as they sit on a sofa before a table laid with lunch. They are in a well-appointed sitting room decorated with a mirror above a fireplace with a mantel on which sits a clock, a sheet of music entitled 'Romance', and under a glass vitrine, a statuette of man holding a bird on his finger. The fire screen is decorated with an image of two love birds. On the left edge is only a portion of painting, but it shows a bird perched on the finger of the sitter's hand. The man's discarded hat and walking stick rest of a sofa to the left
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Signed by the printmaker on a slip of paper tucked into the left edge of the mirror., Series title and number from caption above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on blue laid paper to: 36 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, No. 15
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Clocks & watches, Couples, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Mantels, Obesity, Parlors, and Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Déjeuner de Mr. Mignard le gros Lu-lu à son petite Nie-nie / [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [1814?]
- Call Number:
- 814.00.00.41
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A hairdresser stands on stilts to dress the hair of a lady who sits before her mirrored vanity, her fee outstretched and resting on a foot stool. He pulls her long hair high above her head to its full length is taut as he twists to style it. She holds the sides of her head in pain. His coat is tossed on the chair to the left. On her vanity are a pin cushion, bottles, and ribbons. The mirror is supported but two female figures in classical dress and adorned with two cherubs at the top who hold a laurel wreath
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Louis Gameray and published by Pierre La Mésangère. See British Museum online catalogue registration number: 1861,1012.197., Series title and number etched above image, Dated in the British Museum catalogue: 1814., and Pierre La Mésangère, located on rue Montmatre in Paris.
- Publisher:
- La Mésangère
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Paris
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Pride, and Stilts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].
- Creator:
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 November 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.11.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Englishman, grossly obese, walks from the door of the inn (left) supporting his paunch on a wheelbarrow which the cook of British Museum satire no. 12361 helps to drag, exhausted by the effort, and mopping his face with his cap. A plank leads from the quayside to a packet-boat, the stern of which appears below, empty except for one expectant sailor. Another sailor's hand appears by the plank, ready to assist the embarkation. The sign of the inn is not depicted, the window flap hangs down. The second cook stands in the courtyard, offering food to a gorged cat on the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Dimensions from impression in the British Museum catalogue., Lettered "Déposé" below image left., Attributed to printmaker Godisart de Cari and publisher Martinet. See British Museum catalogue., This plate was deposited by Martinet on 12 Novemberr 1814, before its pendant 'L'Arrivée' (1868,0808.7249) which logically precedes it. Martinet's name is not actually lettered on the plate., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of text at lower left; corners trimmed: 19 x 23.3 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, National characteristics, English, National characteristics, French, Cats, Cooks, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Gluttony, Mail steamers, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le depart guéri du spleen par la cuisine Française, l'Anglais retourne à Londres en embonpoint / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1814 and 1829]
- Call Number:
- 814.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the back window of a carriage on a country, tree-lined lane, shows a woman unswaddling her screaming child with a look of concern. An obese man to her right plugs his ears with his fingers, red-faced and angry. A thinner man to her left holds his nose. Another man in a bonnet leans out the window of the carriage with a surprised look on his face. In the front is a glimpse of the whip and the arm of the coach driver as he drives the coach quickly down the lane, hurling clouds of dust behind them. A dog looks down from the roof of the coach
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Series title etched above image, Printmaker's name etched at top of carriage., Series title and number from caption above image., Dimensions from impression Museum of Fine Arts, Boston., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to 20 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, No. 25
- Subject (Topic):
- Infants, Carriages & coaches, Crying, Dogs, Odors, and Sounds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Un derrière de diligence [graphic].
- Creator:
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1814 and 1829]
- Call Number:
- 814.00.00.39
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A very fat man, stuck in a turnstile in a passage between two buildings, is helped by a young boy (right) with a suitcase (a boot-black?) and a man in fur cap, perhaps a carrier whose handcart leans against the wall (left). The passage is identified on the left as "Passage de la Boule Rouge". A poster on the building on the right warns, "Avis aux etrangers sur les dangers de Paris"; below this advice is the printmaker's name and the imprint statement
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Series title from impression in the Paris Musées Collections., Imprint statement and printmaker name from image of a broadside., Series title and number from caption above image., Sheet trimmed to image with loss of all text., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Trimmed to image: sheet 19.3 x 23.6 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, St. Honoré
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Paris.
- Subject (Topic):
- Occupations, Turnstiles, Obesity, and City & town life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Un peu d'aide fait grande bien le gros Lu-lu à son petite Nie-nie / [graphic]