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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1886,1012.412
Title
Object:
Résurrection de la Censure
Series:
La Caricature
Description
Plate 125, n.62; satire on the enforcement of censorship parodying the resurrection of Christ; with Count d'Argout as a claw-feeted man rising from a chest clutching a large pair of scissors; the chest rests on stones bearing the dates '27 28 29 Juillet' (the Three Glorious Days of the July Revolution); on the left, four sleeping men symbolizing the press; one of them wear a nightcap bearing the word 'Constitutionnel' (the official newspaper of the government). 29 February 1831 Lithograph
Producer name
Print made by:
J J Grandville
Printed by:
Delaporte
Published by:
Aubert
Print made by:
Eugène Forest
School/style
French
Production date
29 February 1831
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
249 millimetres
(printed area)
Width:
266 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Farwell 1989 / The Charged Image: French Lithographic Caricature 1816-1848
(p.97, n.86)
von Kritter 1980 / La Caricature: Bildsatire in Frankreich 1830-35
(p.105, n.30)
Sello 1969 / Grandville: Das Gesamte Werk
(I, n.111)
Schrenk 2000 / J.J. Grandville: Karikatur und Zeichnung; ein Visionär der französischen Romantik
(p.138, n.27)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
politics
censorship
Associated names
Representation of:
Antoine Maurice Apollinaire, Comte d'Argout
Associated events
Associated Event:
July Revolution 1830
Associated titles
Associated Title:
La Caricature
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Myers & Son
Acquisition date
1886
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1886,1012.412