1852
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, generally known by the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques or J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist.
Grandville received his first instruction in drawing from his father, a painter of miniatures. At the age of twenty-one he moved to Paris, and soon afterward published a collection of lithographs entitled Les Tribulations de la petite proprieté. He followed this with Les Plaisirs de tout âge and La Sibylle des salons (1827); but the work which first established his fame was Les Métamorphoses du jour (1828–29), a series of seventy scenes in which individuals with the bodies of men and faces of animals are made to play a human comedy. These drawings are remarkable for the extraordinary skill with which human characteristics are represented in animal facial features.
After the reinstitution of prior censorship of caricature in 1835, Grandville turned almost exclusively to book illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to issue various lithographic collections.
Though the designs of Grandville are occasionally unnatural and absurd, they usually display keen analysis of character and marvelous inventive ingenuity, and his humor is always tempered and refined by delicacy of sentiment and a vein of sober thoughtfulness.
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Humility - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Humility is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions but aged. ...
Paper, Lithograph
The Observer - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Observer is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions but aged. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes with perfect hatching. Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard...
Paper, Lithograph
The Meditative Dog - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Meditative Dog is an original lithograph by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions b...
Paper, Engraving
The Lord - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Lord is an original lithograph by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux", 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions but aged. ...
Paper, Lithograph
The Sniper - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Sniper is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions but aged...
Paper, Engraving
The Student - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Student is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux", 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions but aged. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes with perfect hatching. Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard...
Paper, Lithograph
1862 Litho of Guardian of the Afflicted: A Symbol of Compassion and Service
Located in Langweer, NL
Caregiver of the Sick: Compassion in Action, Plate 60 * This striking lithograph features a caregiver of the sick, clad in solemn black robes adorned with vivid red crosses on th...
Paper
Mayor of Garratt Lithograph Print, 19th Century Engraving, Unframed
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Jeffrey Dunstan (1759?–1797) was a second-hand wig seller in the West End of London who was the elected "mayor" of Garrat from 1785 to 1796, becoming a notable figure of his time. A...
Engraving
Old Boots of Rippon, 19th Century Engraving, Signed, 18x11 cm
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Old Boots, boot-cleaner of Ripon, Yorkshire, 1692-1762. 1869 (lithograph) by Cooper, Robert (fl.1800-36). Old Boots, boot-cleaner of Ripon, Yorkshire, 1692-1762. Famous for being abl...
Engraving
19th Century Engraving: Remarkable for His Misfortunes, Unframed
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821. Date: 1 July 1821 Thomas Hudson lost his fortune in the South Sea Bubble after he had "ventured ...
Engraving
Lord Rokeby - Of Singular Eccentricity, 19th Century Engraving Print
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Matthew Robinson-Morris, second Baron Rokeby, an eccentric. Stipple engraving by R. Page "His political independence was matched by his singular appearance and eccentric habits. He ...
Engraving
Thomas Laugher Engraving of Old Tommy, 19th Century, Unframed
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Thomas Laugher, commonly called Old Tommy, 1700-1812. Teetotaller, former liquor merchant of Tower Street, London, famous for his great longevity. Standing with a cane and hat at a d...
Engraving
