print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1886,1012.411
Title: Object: Naissance du juste milieu (The birth of the middle way); Series: La Caricature
Description: Plate 134, No 66; satire showing Louis Philippe, seen from the back, holding a baby and showing him to the populace; the mother, Freedom, lies on a bed, looking upset; they are surrounded by political figures, including Guizot clutching the forceps, Casimir Périer standing by his side, Athalin dressed as an officer and carrying the announcements at right, Dupin in a magistrate gown, Lobau carrying an enema, and in the centre foreground Thiers, leading a rooster away. 2 February 1832 Lithograph
Producer name: Print made by: J J Grandville; Print made by: Eugène Forest; Published by: Aubert; Printed by: Delaporte
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Production date: 2 February 1832
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
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Dimensions: Height: 345 millimetres (printed area); Width: 230 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The print depicts the birth of the 'juste milieu', the political compromise which is credited with having guided the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe. This print is a parody of 'The birth of Henri IV', a painting Eugène Devéria exhibited at the Salon in 1827.
Bibliographic references: von Kritter 1980 / La Caricature: Bildsatire in Frankreich 1830-35 (p.113, n.33); Farwell 1989 / The Charged Image: French Lithographic Caricature 1816-1848 (p.105, n.94); Sello 1969 / Grandville: Das Gesamte Werk (I, n.113); Schrenk 2000 / J.J. Grandville: Karikatur und Zeichnung; ein Visionär der französischen Romantik (p.139, n.29); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (43)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics; government
Associated names: Associated with: Eugène Devéria; Representation of: France; Portrait of: Louis Philippe, King of the French; Portrait of: Georges Mouton, Comte de Lobau; Portrait of: André Dupin; Portrait of: Adolphe Thiers; Portrait of: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot; Portrait of: Casimir Périer; Portrait of: Louis Marie Jean Baptiste Athalin
Associated events: Associated Event: July Monarchy 1830-1848
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Acquisition date: 1886
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1886,1012.411

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