Conduite courageuse de Mr. Pigeon [graphic]
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16227173
Description
- Title
- Conduite courageuse de Mr. Pigeon [graphic]
- Creator
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Contributor
- Martinet, Aaron, 1762-1841, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1816 or 1817?]
- Publication Place
- A Paris
- Publisher
- Chez Martinet Libre., rue du Coq, no. 15
- Abstract
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A man and woman in their pajamas and slippers stand looking in fright at the closed door of their bedroom. He wears a night cap and stands with a weapon in each hand, pointed at the door; his figure casts a large shadow on the back wall and over the bureau on which sits his tricorne hat. His wife (right) clings to his nightshirt, as she holds up a candlestick to light their way. She has her hair tied up in a scarf. To the right, their infant cries in its basket under which sits a overflowing chamber pot. On the other side of the closed door is a small mouse
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Series title and number from caption above image.
Printmaker's name etched in image, on left baseboard.
Plate 14 in this series is dated 1817 in the British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet dimensions from British Museum catalogue.
"The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark: 21.2 x 29 cm. - Provenance
- Sold at Forum Auctions, 16 March 2017, lot 80. Purchased through Jarndyce; March 2017.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.0 x 15.6 cm
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 816.00.00.80
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Etchings France Paris 1816
Satires (Visual works) France 1816 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Bedrooms
Candlesticks
Chamber pots
Couples
Daggers & swords
Families
Fear
Mice
Sleepwear - Subjects
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Bedrooms
Candlesticks
Chamber pots
Couples
Daggers & swords
Families
Fear
Mice
Sleepwear
France > Paris > 1816
France > 1816
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13296723
- Object ID (OID)
- 16227173