The Ailing Cricket, 1829

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series Title

Les Métamorphoses du Jour: pl. 39

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Beraldi, no. 10

Accession Number

1994.60.28

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

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.