"He was only waiting to make fun of the pursuer and the pursuit" from the Little Miseries of Human Life
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (28.5 × 19 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Yvonne Möen Cumerford, 1965
Accession Number
65.570.61(31)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This 1843 wood by J. J. Grandville and collaborators Victor Laisné, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, and Henri Fournier comes from the illustrated book *Little Miseries of Human Life*. The playful title hints at a lighthearted scene which the apparent drama of pursuit dissolves into teasing, capturing the everyday frustrations and absurdities that the series gently lampoons. Grandville, celebrated for his witty caricatures and anthropomorphic imagery, brings a sharp yet affectionate eye to these vignettes of human folly. Created through the wood-engraving process—a technique prized in the nineteen...
About the Artist
Victor Laisné|J. J. Grandville|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier (French|French|French|French) · 1807 |1803 |1813 | – |1847 |1883 |
French, born 1807|French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves|French, Paris 1813–1883 Cannes|