J. J. Grandville Furniture

French, 1803-1847

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, generally known by the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques or J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist.

Grandville received his first instruction in drawing from his father, a painter of miniatures. At the age of twenty-one he moved to Paris, and soon afterward published a collection of lithographs entitled Les Tribulations de la petite proprieté. He followed this with Les Plaisirs de tout âge and La Sibylle des salons (1827); but the work which first established his fame was Les Métamorphoses du jour (1828–29), a series of seventy scenes in which individuals with the bodies of men and faces of animals are made to play a human comedy. These drawings are remarkable for the extraordinary skill with which human characteristics are represented in animal facial features.

After the reinstitution of prior censorship of caricature in 1835, Grandville turned almost exclusively to book illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to issue various lithographic collections.

Though the designs of Grandville are occasionally unnatural and absurd, they usually display keen analysis of character and marvelous inventive ingenuity, and his humor is always tempered and refined by delicacy of sentiment and a vein of sober thoughtfulness.

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Creator: J. J. Grandville

Whimsical Animal Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

$495

Whimsical Animal Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

By J. J. Grandville

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Original hand colored copper plate engraving. Printed in Paris, circa 1875. Title: LII “Temps de canicule” 14.5/8” W x 11. 1/2”H matted. Image: 8.5” x 5.5” One of a set of 4 different images purchased from the original owner. Other 3 available on separate 1stdibs listings. J. Grandville BIO: Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) was a prolific French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville, and numerous variations (e. g. Jean-Jacques Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville) throughout his career. Art historians and critics have called him "the first star of French caricature...

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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Rare Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Engraving JJ Grandville, Paris 1875

$620

Rare Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Engraving JJ Grandville, Paris 1875

By J. J. Grandville

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Plate number: XLL Title: T’as raison Gauthier, c’est pas ceux qu’habitent les bels hôtels, qu’est les plus heureux. 14.50” W x 11.50” H matted. Image size: 8.5” x 5.50” One of us set of four very RARE different images purchased from the original owner. Other three available on separate 1st Dibs listings. JJ Granville bio: Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) was a prolific French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville, and numerous variations (e. g. Jean-Jacques Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville) throughout his career. Art historians and critics have called him "the first star of French caricature...

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Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

$585

Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875

By J. J. Grandville

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Original hand colored copper plate engraving. Printed in Paris, circa 1875. Plate: XXV111 Title: Soyez sans inquiétude, Mousieur ; deux mois de traitement, et je vous renvoie votre fils aussi droit que vois et moi. Unframed. 14.50” W x 11.50” H matted. By original owner). Image size: 8.5” x 5.50” One of us set of four very RARE different images purchased from the original owner. Other three available on separate 1st Dibs listings. JJ Granville bio: Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) was a prolific French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville, and numerous variations (e. g. Jean-Jacques Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville) throughout his career. Art historians and critics have called him "the first star of French caricature...

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Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds

$4,500 / set

H 19.5 in W 17 in D 1 in

Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Three 18th century hand colored engravings of parrot specimens as depicted by Peter Brown, an artist and naturalist, working in London England. Originally published in 1776 in a foli...

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18th Century English British Colonial Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Botanical Hand-colored Copperplate engraving by Edward Dalton Smith

$1,600 / set

H 17 in W 15.5 in D 75 in

Botanical Hand-colored Copperplate engraving by Edward Dalton Smith

Located in Downingtown, PA

Botanical Brilliance: Edward Dalton Smith’s Copperplate Engravings 1829 This exquisite pair of hand-colored copperplate engravings represents the precision and artistry of the celeb...

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1820s English Early Victorian Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Antique American Nautical Sailboat Hand Colored Engraving

$750

H 28.5 in W 36 in D 1 in

Antique American Nautical Sailboat Hand Colored Engraving

Located in Lambertville, NJ

A hand colored copper engraving print of an American steamship published by President Ackermann & Co, London, 1840 in a later frame under glass.

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1840s English Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Rare Engraving by William Home Lizars Circa 1826 Hand Colored

$2,250

H 28.5 in W 24 in D 2 in

Rare Engraving by William Home Lizars Circa 1826 Hand Colored

By William Home Lizars

Located in Hudson, NY

[VASCULAR] Lymphatic nodes and vessels of the leg. Rare, circa 1826, first edition anatomical engraving by William Home Lizars (1788-1859) the talented Edinburgh artist and head of...

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1820s Scottish George II Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Pair Of Hand Colored Engravings Of Parrots

$3,850 / set

H 24.25 in W 21.5 in D 1.38 in

Pair Of Hand Colored Engravings Of Parrots

Located in Essex, MA

Two framed hand colored stipple engravings of parrots by Jacques Barraband published 1801-05. In beautifully matted and gilded frames. From Judy Cormier. One print with some foxing.

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Early 1800s French Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

$3,200 / set

H 37 in W 27 in D 1.5 in

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in San Francisco, CA

G. B. Piranesi in his fifties was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings of Greek architecture. Medium: Etching on laid paper. Year: circa...

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Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Pair Of Hand Colored Engravings Of Moths

$950 / set

H 21.5 in W 18.75 in D 1 in

Pair Of Hand Colored Engravings Of Moths

Located in Essex, MA

Nicely framed with marbled double matting and gilded and painted frames.

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1780s English Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Le Requin (Shark), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840

$282

H 6.5 in W 10.08 in D 0.01 in

Le Requin (Shark), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840

Located in Langweer, NL

Le Requin (Shark), Hand-Colored Engraving, 1840 An unusual and highly decorative natural history engraving portraying a stranded shark observed by elegantly dressed figures on a Eur...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

$7,000Sale Price / set|30% Off

H 26 in W 20.5 in D 1.5 in

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

By Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in San Francisco, CA

Set of etchings of views of a Greek ceremonial klismos chair. In his fifties, G.B. Piranesi was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Ita...

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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Antique Olive Botanical Print, Hand Colored Copper Engraving, c.1831

$917

H 10.67 in W 8.94 in D 0.01 in

Antique Olive Botanical Print, Hand Colored Copper Engraving, c.1831

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Olive Botanical Print, Olea Europaea, Hand Colored, c.1831 Description: This strong and highly decorative botanical engraving depicts Olea Europaea, the olive tree, shown wi...

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1830s German Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Chinese Peacock-Pheasant – Hand-Colored Engraving by Edwards & Seligmann, c.1770

$812

H 14.77 in W 9.26 in D 0 in

Chinese Peacock-Pheasant – Hand-Colored Engraving by Edwards & Seligmann, c.1770

Located in Langweer, NL

Chinese Peacock-Pheasant – Hand-Colored Bird Engraving by Edwards & Seligmann, c.1750–1776 This fine hand-colored engraving depicts the Chinese Peacock-Pheasant (Phasianus alis et caudâ oculatis), an exotic species admired in Europe for its ornate plumage. The bird is shown perched gracefully on a flowering branch, its feathers marked with striking blue and green eye-like spots. Decorative peonies frame the composition, enhancing the print’s ornamental character. The engraving bears multilingual titles: “Der chinesische Phasanenpfau” (German), “Le Paon-Phaisan de la Chine” (French), and the Latin classification Phasianus, alis et caudâ, oculatis. At the lower left, the note G. Edwards ad viv. delin. credits the original life drawing...

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1770s German Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Paper

Napoleon Le Grand, hand-colored engraving

$2,296

H 34.85 in W 26.78 in D 1.58 in

Napoleon Le Grand, hand-colored engraving

Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL

A hand-coloured copperplate engraving titled Napoléon le Grand, one of the most celebrated imperial portraits of the Napoleonic era. It shows Napoleon I in a full-length portrait, facing front, standing before his throne in coronation robes. The original painting is Napoleon I as Emperor by François Gérard (1770–1837), an oil on canvas produced in 1805 under the First French Empire. Gérard initially created it as an official portrait for Napoleon’s throne...

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Early 19th Century Antique J. J. Grandville Furniture

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Art Glass, Wood, Paper

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