Metamorphoses of the Day: Regrets, or Never till the Next Time, 1829

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series Title

Les Métamorphoses du Jour: pl. 52

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 27 x 35.7 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Beraldi, no. 10

Accession Number

1994.60.29

Artists / Makers

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville (artist) French, 1803 - 1847

Image Use

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Inscription

center left in plate: J. Grandville; center right in plate, below wall graffiti: 1829 / Grandville; lower right in plate, at base of wall: Lith. de Langlumé.; lower center in plate: pour ma part, moi j'en réponds, / bienheureux sont les chapons. / (Béranger); lower right in plate: chez Bulla rue St. Jacques, N38. / et chez Martinet rue du Coq.; upper center in plate: Les Métamorphoses du Jour; upper right in plate: No.52.

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 58.

Bibliography

1885: Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 58.