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

1829

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville

Artist, French, 1803 - 1847

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1994.60.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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.

Wikidata ID

Q75119186

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