print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1989,0930.23
Title: Object: Soufflez, soufflez, vous ne l'eteindrez jamais; Series: La Caricature
Description: Plate 375, No178; satire on censorship; on the right a woman personifying France and Liberty is holding a torch upon which is inscribed with the word 'presse'; from an arched opening seven political figures, including D'Argout, Persil and Soult, are trying to put the torch out; above, a bat with a human head. 3 August 1834 Lithograph
Producer name: Print made by: J J Grandville; Print made by: Honoré Daumier; Printed by: Bénard; Published by: Aubert
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Production date: 1834
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
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Dimensions: Height: 227 millimetres (sheet); Width: 309 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Farwell points out that this is an example of a rare collaboration between Grandville and Daumier, who both signed the stone with their in initials. However the IFF records the plate as a collaboration between Desperet and Grandville (IFF, Desperet, cat. N.12).
Bibliographic references: Farwell 1989 / The Charged Image: French Lithographic Caricature 1816-1848 (p.107, n.98); Sello 1969 / Grandville: Das Gesamte Werk (I, n.199); Schrenk 2000 / J.J. Grandville: Karikatur und Zeichnung; ein Visionär der französischen Romantik (p.179, n.65)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; censorship; politics
Associated names: Representation of: Jean Charles Persil; Representation of: Antoine Maurice Apollinaire, Comte d'Argout; Representation of: Marshal Jean de Dieu Soult
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Acquisition date: 1989
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1989,0930.23

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