"The Beautiful World of the Tuileries" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.2 × 18.3 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
59.500.592(10)
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of 19th-century French satire with *"The Beautiful World of theileries"*, a wood engraving from the celebrated book *Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals* (ca. 1837–47). Created by visionary caricaturist J.J.ville, with contributions from literary giant Honoré de Balzac and engraver Andrew Best Leloir, this print captures anthropomorphic animals parading through Paris's elegant Tuileries Gardens. Grandville's fantastical style blends sharp social commentary with playful absurdity, poking fun at bourgeois society during the July Monarchy era. Wood en...
About the Artist
Honoré de Balzac|Andrew Best Leloir|J. J. Grandville (French|French) · 1799 |1803 –1850 |1847
French, Tours 1799–1850 Paris|French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves