Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard dit Grandville

Two small holes in the upper part, visible on the image. Some stains scattered on the drawing, visible on the image. The drawing is sligthly yellower than photo shows. Framed.
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Issu d'une famille de comédiens, Grandville reprit le nom de scène de ses parents et se fit connaître au travers de ses planches satiriques qui s'attaquent à la société contemporaine et à la monarchie de Juillet. Il illustra notamment, Les Fables de Jean de La Fontaine (1838), et Les scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux (1842).

Notre dessin est une étude pour Pérégrination mémorable du doyen des crapauds, histoire composant le recueil des Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Le perroquet est le directeur des ambulants; notre dessin illustre le passage suivant:
" L'imprésario fit claquer son fouet, et le Saurien s'enfuit effarouché -Allons en route, mauvaise troupe! venait de crier le brutal directeur des ambulants, et toute la caravane fila en se frottant les yeux" .¹

1. Voir Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, Paris 1842, p. 80

Born into a family of comic actors, Grandville adopted the stage name of his parents, and became known for his satirical prints attacking contemporary society and the July monarchy.  He also executed notable illustrations to the Fables of Jean de Lafontaine (1838), and to Les scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux (1842).

Our drawing is a study for the Pérégrination memorable du doyen des crapauds, one of the stories in the Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. The parrot is the chief of the itinerants; the drawing illustrates the following passage : "The impresario cracked his whip and the reptile fled in terror. Let's get going, you dreadful troupe! Cried the brutal director of the itinerants, and the entire caravan lined up, rubbing their eyes"¹

1. See Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, Paris 1842, p. 80