Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) - Lot 59

Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) Cornelius with his hands in his pockets, walking in a busy street. Pen and brown ink, over black pencil lines. Annotated upper right "Faire les ... de la tête...", numbered upper left on verso of mount "G298". Label bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville". (Slightly soiled, small stains, tear at lower right, strips of paper added at top and bottom). 15x9,5cm Our drawing is preparatory to the engraving "Les études sont pénibles, coûteuses, mais les étudiants sont intrépides" illustrating the book Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux: études de mœurs contemporaines. Vol. 1 / published under the direction of M. P.-J. Stahl; vignettes by Grandville; with the collaboration of Messieurs de Balzac, L. Baude, E. de La Bédollière, P. Bernard, J. Janin, Ed. Lemoine, Charles Nodier, George Sand published by J. Hetzel et Paulin in Paris in 1842, on page 41.