The Ailing Cricket

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: 25.4 x 32.6 cm (10 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

center left in plate, at tip of cane: J. Grandville; center right in plate, at base of table: Lith. de Langlumé.; lower center in plate: Il y a plénitude, nous vous saignerons demain, / en attendant continuez la diète.; lower left in plate: Paris chez Bulla, rue S. Jacques, No.38 / et chez Martinet, rue du Coq.; upper center in plate: Les Métamorphoses du Jour; upper right in plate: No.39.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q75119188

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