A street scene in Paris, at corner of Pont Neuf: a blind man and a lame man beg on the sidewalk beside a bookseller's stall, the seller in glasses looing up at his shelves under an awning. Two street vendors sit in the street: a man with a peg leg holds a brush up along side his shoe shining equipment; above his head a sign with a cage hanging from it reads "La fond. Cond proprement les chiens et coupe les chats et tient depot de mort au rats.". Beside him a woman shears a sheep. Above her head a sign on the right margin: Catrinne coup chien et chat et son mari va-en ville. On the left along the wall a woman carries a dog in a bag and a turkey in her arms. Two other men show signs of shame and fear
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on secondary support.
Publisher:
Chez Noel Fréres, rue St. Jacques no. 16 et rue des Prêtres St. Germain-l'Auxerois, no. 22
Subject (Geographic):
France and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Beggars, Blind persons, Bookselling, Peg legs, Pleading (Begging), Ratcatching, Sheep shearing, Shoe shining, and Street vendors
A view of the back window of a carriage on a country, tree-lined lane, shows a woman unswaddling her screaming child with a look of concern. An obese man to her right plugs his ears with his fingers, red-faced and angry. A thinner man to her left holds his nose. Another man in a bonnet leans out the window of the carriage with a surprised look on his face. In the front is a glimpse of the whip and the arm of the coach driver as he drives the coach quickly down the lane, hurling clouds of dust behind them. A dog looks down from the roof of the coach
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title etched above image, Printmaker's name etched at top of carriage., Series title and number from caption above image., Dimensions from impression Museum of Fine Arts, Boston., "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., and Sheet trimmed to 20 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, No. 25
Subject (Topic):
Infants, Carriages & coaches, Crying, Dogs, Odors, and Sounds
A very fat man, stuck in a turnstile in a passage between two buildings, is helped by a young boy (right) with a suitcase (a boot-black?) and a man in fur cap, perhaps a carrier whose handcart leans against the wall (left). The passage is identified on the left as "Passage de la Boule Rouge". A poster on the building on the right warns, "Avis aux etrangers sur les dangers de Paris"; below this advice is the printmaker's name and the imprint statement
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title from impression in the Paris Musées Collections., Imprint statement and printmaker name from image of a broadside., Series title and number from caption above image., Sheet trimmed to image with loss of all text., "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., and Trimmed to image: sheet 19.3 x 23.6 cm.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, St. Honoré
Subject (Geographic):
France and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Occupations, Turnstiles, Obesity, and City & town life
Title from caption below image; title also etched in reverse above image., Date of publication based on year of death for former publisher at that address: Paul André Basset. See British Museum online catalogue., "Déposé."--Lower right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Duluat?
Publisher:
Chez Hocquart succr. de Basset rue St. Jacques No. 64
Title from caption below image., First two letters of "A Paris" in imprint form a ligature., Approximate date of publication based on publisher's flourish dates. See British Museum online catalogue., "No. 18."--Upper right corner., Watermark., and Writing in ink in a contemporary hand on verso, partially trimmed.
A perspective view, or vues d'optique, of the Covent Garden Market, looking towards Inigo Jones's St. Paul's Church, which is situated slightly to the right of center; in the foreground are shown vendors, carriages, pedestrians and other street life. The image is reversed for viewing through the lens of a Zograscope and designed to give the illusion of a deeper perspective, enhanced by the deep vanishing point and bright colour of the print
Alternative Title:
Vue perspective du Covent Garden, Vue du Couvent Garden, and Vue du Convent Garden
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched in reverse above image: Vue du Couvent Garden., Date of publication from dealer's description., and "No. 92"--Upper right, above image.
Publisher:
Chez J. Chereau, rue St. Jacques au desses de la Fontaine St. Severin aux a Colonnes no. 257
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin performing his famous experiment of June 1752 in which he attached a key to a kite and flew it in a thunderstorm in order to prove that lightning was electricity. Almost allegorical in presentation, Franklin is shown seated on clouds with cherub-like figures assisting him on the right in the backgroun, his red cape blowing in the wind against a stormy sky
Description:
Date and title taken from impression at the Philadelphia Museum of Art., Based on the Benjamiin West oil painting now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art., and Embossed letters at lower left corner: Cercle Librairie estampes encircling initials RTN.
A portion of a plate with a street scene: a run-away horse terrorizes four pedestrians one who tries to stop the horse with the point of his umbrella. A dog between his feet barks at the frightened horse. Only the rider's hands and out-stretched leg are visible from the right
A traveling preacher stands before a crowd of citizens, vendors, and soldiers on a busy city street. He is pointing to a series of images of the crucifixion on the interior of the cover of his large traveling case; on the inside is what appears to be a statue of a martyr or Christ, hands bound, with two angels kneeling in prayer on either side. Signs in the form of playing cards hang from the eaves of the building. A woman in wooden shoes carries her wares (pears?) on a platform suspended round her waist
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Possibly by Charles Parrocel?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 35 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Cobblestone streets, Crucifixions, Preaching, and Street vendors
