- Creator:
- Maleuvre, Louis, active 1785-1829, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 March 1817]
- Call Number:
- 817.03.29.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A very thin, fobbish man with a walking stick tucked under his arm, walks down a staircase, smelling the tip of his finger (one of a sub-series of the Five Senses)"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Lettered in the image 'G de Cari' twice and 'Maleuvre sculp' once., Series title and number from caption above image., Description based on imperfect impression. Series title and numbering and dimensions from impression in the British Museum., This plate was entered in the 'Bibliographie de France' for 29 March 1817. See British Museum online catalogue, Registration number: 1990,0303.23., and "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.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet, Libre., rue du Coq, no. 15
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, Odors, Staffs (Sticks), and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > L'odorat [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Maleuvre, Louis, active 1785-1829, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 August 1818]
- Call Number:
- 818.08.08.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Rien qu'un
- 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)., and Sheet trimmed to design with loss of series title and numbering: 19 x 23.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet libraire Rue de Coq no.15
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Desks, Ethnic stereotypes, Avarice, and Misers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Richesse et misère, ou, Rien qu'un [graphic].