Henri Monnier
Henri Monnier
Henri Monnier
Henri Monnier

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Henri Monnier,

ca. 1865, printed 1877

Etienne Carjat, French, 1828–1906
Published by Goupil et Cie, French, active 1827–1879
Editor Ludovic Baschet, French, 1834–1909
x1991-214
The playwright, artist, and comic actor Henri-Bonaventure Monnier (1799–1877) created the fictional characters Monsieur et Madamme Prud’homme (honest man) to lampoon prototypical members of the Parisian petitesbourgeois. Throughout the 1830s to 1850s, Monnier satirized French middle-class manners in numerous theatrical reviews and lithographic caricatures that featured Monsieur et Madamme Prud’homme, much to the delight of the literary and artistic circles of his day.

Information

Title
Henri Monnier
Dates

ca. 1865, printed 1877

Maker
Etienne Carjat
Published by Goupil et Cie
Medium
Woodburytype
Dimensions
image: 23.9 x 19.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.) mount: 34.2 x 25.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Florence Gould Foundation
Object Number
x1991-214
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris, rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, 10

Inscription
Printed on mount below image, over all: HENRI MONNIER / GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE, 126, boulevard de Magenta. / Phot Goupil et Ce. / Cliché CARJAT , 10, rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.
Culture
French
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs, woodburytypes
Techniques
mounting, Woodburytype
Subject
figures (representations), actors, sitting, men, studio portraits, portraits

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