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Une Course d'Omnibus
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, better known by his pseudonym J. J. Grandville, honed his craft by drawing vignettes and illustrations for newspapers, including "La Silhouette," "L'Artiste," "La Caricature," and "Le Charivari." Some of these were printed daily, requiring tremendous powers of invention from the artists they employed. Grandville's early work allied his precise draftsmanship with a keen caricaturist's eye. This drawing was made for a lithographic frontispiece for a piece of sheet music, "Une Course d'Omnibus" (A Trip on the Omnibus) by Charles Henri Plantade (1764-1839).
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
19th-century collection of drawings, England [yet to be identified]; Private collection, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Jean-Marie Le Fell, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Louis and Rosalie Berman Philanthropic Fund, 2001 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2001, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2010 | Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from the Walters' Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2005-2006 | The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for acquisition; examined for exhibition; re-housed; mounted |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 7/16 x W: 7 13/16 in. (8.8 x 19.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Louis and Rosalie Berman Philanthropic Fund, 2001
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2762