"Orangutans" from The Complete Works of Béranger
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.9 × 14 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.687(134)
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where find "Orangutans," a captivating wood engraving from 1836, featured in *The Complete Works of Bér*. Created by the renowned French caricaturist J.. Grandville (Jeangnace-Isidore), with engraving by Fournier & Perrotin and text by lyricist Pierre-Jean de Béranger, petite print (8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.) exemplifies the satirical spirit of 19th-century France during the July Monarchy. Grandville, a master of anthropomorphism, often populated his illustrations with animals mimicking human folly, blending whimsy with sharp...
About the Artist
Fournier & Perrotin|Pierre Jean de Béranger|J. J. Grandville (French|French|French|French) · |1780 | |1803 – |1857 | |1847
French|French, Paris 1780–1857 Paris|French|French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves