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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General Ant - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
General Ant is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Pa...
Paper, Lithograph
$210
The Prince Riding On A Grasshopper And Beetles Troop by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Prince Riding On A Grasshopper And Beetles Troop is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux...
Paper, Lithograph
Mr. Cat And Miss. Fox Playing Rope Game With ... by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Mr. Cat and Miss. Fox Playing Rope Game With Little Cricket and Beetles is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et p...
Paper, Lithograph
The Concert In The Wood With Grasshoppers Violinist And.. by J.J Grandville-1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Concert In The Wood With Grasshoppers Violinist And Fly Cellist is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publ...
Paper, Lithograph
Vie Privée et Publiques des Animaux - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Vie Privée et Publiques des Animaux is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Publishe...
Paper, Lithograph
$210
The Beetles General and Guards - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Beetles General and Guards - Animal Fable is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et...
Paper, Lithograph
Dancing Horses In A Concert Hall - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Dancing Horses In A Concert Hall is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique ...
Paper, Lithograph
$210
Mama Duck Ordering For Kitchen - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Mama Duck Ordering For Kitchen is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by ...
Paper, Lithograph
$210
Miss. Wolf Greeting Mr. Hedgehog - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville-1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Miss. Wolf Greeting Mr. Hedgehog is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published b...
Paper, Lithograph
Offering Grapes by Servant Dog to His Majesty-Lithograph by J.J Grandville-1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Offering Grapes by Servant Dog to His Majesty is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852...
Paper, Lithograph
$210
The Bird Ladies On A Picnic Beside Lagoon-Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird Ladies On A Picnic Beside Lagoon is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Pub...
Paper, Lithograph
$291
The Great Poet Mr. Cockatoo with Papers - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Poet Mr. Cockatoo With Papers is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Publi...
Paper, Lithograph
The Conversations of Maids, Pleading Mrs. fox-Lithograph by J.J Grandville-1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Conversations of Maids, Pleading Mrs. Fox is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852...
Paper, Lithograph
At The Exhibition - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
In The Exhibition - Animal Fable is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published b...
Paper, Lithograph
The Benediction - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Benediction 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 ...
Paper, Lithograph
The Meeting - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Meeting 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 age...
Paper, Lithograph
The Propositions - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Propositions is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harva...
Paper, Lithograph
The Banker - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Banker 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
Warming Up - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Warming Up 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. The ar...
Paper, Lithograph
The Fantastic Round - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Fantastic Round 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...
Paper, Lithograph
Le Beau Monde aux Tuileries - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Le Beau Monde aux Tuileries 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 Co...
Paper, Lithograph
The Diseuse - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Diseuse 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 age...
Paper, Lithograph
The Petition - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Petition 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 age...
Paper, Lithograph
J'Etait Paresseuse - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
J'Etait Paresseuse 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 ...
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
Warriors - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Warriors 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
Au Bois de Boulogne - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Au Bois de Boulogne 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...
Paper, Lithograph
The Lift - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Lift 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. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes with perfect hatching. Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard...
Paper, Lithograph
The Trading of Insects - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Trading of Insects 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 Conditio...
Paper, Lithograph
The Hanged Fox - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Hanged Fox 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. T...
Paper, Lithograph
The Judgement - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Judgement 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. The ...
Paper, Lithograph
A Family Scene - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
A Family Scene 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. Th...
Paper, Lithograph
The Gathering - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Gathering 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. The...
Paper, Lithograph
The Solitary Reader - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Solitary Reader 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...
Paper, Lithograph
La Belle Dame - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
La Belle Dame is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, P...
Paper, Lithograph
The Search - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Search 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 age...
Paper, Lithograph
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
The Conversation - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Conversation 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 bu...
Paper, Lithograph
The Recommendation - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Recommendation 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 ...
Paper, Lithograph
Mom and Her Children - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Mom and Her Children 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 Condition...
Paper, Engraving
Night Creatures - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Night Creatures is a 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. The...
Paper, Engraving
The Beggar Bear - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Beggar Bear s 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 bu...
Paper, Engraving
Le Doyen des Crapauds - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Le Doyen des Crapauds 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 Conditi...
Paper, Engraving
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
Maman Canguroo - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Maman Canguroo is a 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. The ...
Paper, Engraving
L’échénillement et les Sémaille - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1833
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
L’échénillement et les Sémailles is an original lithograph, realized by Jean-Jacques Grandville in 1833. Included a frame. In very good conditions. Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803-1847) known by the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques or J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist. Grandville's ability for political provocation made his work with great impact. He worked in a wide variety of formats, from his first job illustrating the parlor game...
Lithograph
L’artillerie du Diable - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1834
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
L’artillerie du Diable is an original lithograph, realized by Jean-Jacques Grandville in 1834, plate 371 from La Caricature n°176. Included a frame. In very good conditions. Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803-1847) known by the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques or J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist. Grandville's ability for political provocation made his work with great impact. He worked in a wide variety of formats, from his first job illustrating the parlor game...
Lithograph
Pauvre France - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1831
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Pauvre France is an original litograph, realized by Jean-Jacques Grandville in 1831, plate 164 from La Caricature n°82. Included a frame. In very good conditions. Here the artwork...
Lithograph
Chardon - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.I - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow grows." T. Delord. Les Fleurs animées...
Lithograph
Capucine - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.I - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
Pois de Senteur - Les Fleurs Animées Vol. - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
Retour des Fleurs - Les Fleurs Animées Vol. II - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
$583
Planche 2 - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.II - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
$583
Planche 1 - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.II - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
$816
Giroflée - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.II - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
Fleur de Pecher - Les Fleurs Animées Vol. - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Lithograph
The Pedder - Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Original ink watercoloured drawing on paper. Made for the illustration of the volume 'Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux', published by Garner frères in 1869, Paris. Ha...
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
The Devotee - Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Devotee is an original ink watercolored drawing on paper realized by Jean-Jacques Grandville. Hand-signed in black ink on the lower margin at the center. A beautiful satiric il...
Ink, Watercolor
The Chef - Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Chef is an original ink watercolored drawing on paper realized by Jean-Jacques Grandville. A wonderful satiric illustration from the volume 'Scènes de la vie privée et publique ...
Ink, Watercolor