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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.153
People
Eugéne Hippolyte Forest, French (Strasbourg, France 1808 - 1891)
Jean Ignace Isidore, called Grandville, French (Nancy, France 1803 - 1847 Vanves, France)
Published by Aubert & Cie., French
Title
The Birth of the Juste Milieu
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Naissance du juste milieu
Series/Book Title: La Caricature, February 2, 1832, pl. 134, no. 66
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1832
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 27.4 × 23 cm (10 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 × 25.7 cm (14 × 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: J.J. .Grandville / E. Forest
  • inscription:
    above image; upper left: No. 66; upper center: La Caricature (Journal); upper right: Pl. 134; below image, lower left: Lith. de Delaporte.; lower center: Naissance du juste milieu / Après un enfantement pénible de la Liberté. / Le parrain de l'enfant montre au peuple cet embryon monstrueux. Casim P.. veut donner un coup de pouce / a l'accouchée souffrante. Guiz.. tient le forceps, Dup. le docteur se potte les mains de plaisir Lancelot tient / ses adoucissans tout prèts le baron Ath. porte les lettres de faire part Sebast. et sa nourrice Schon.. toujours à / genoux. le petit Th.. et le grand poulet Gaulois au quel il fait la nique; lower right: On s'abonne chez Aubert galerie véro dodat.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carolyn Cohen, bequest; to Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn, 2018, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 2018

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF 43

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn from the collection of Carolyn Cohen
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.153
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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