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print
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satirical print
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
School/style
French
Production date
1834
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
227 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
309 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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
Associated titles
Associated Title:
La Caricature
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arsène Bonafous-Murat
Acquisition date
1989
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1989,0930.23