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Jean-Jacques Grandville Lithograph Digestion du Budjet c1830

Sold for $90 at Carnegie's Auction Gallery on Jan 26, 2025.

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Grandville, Jean-Jacques (JJ) (French 1803-1847) "Digestion du Budjet" Black and White Lithograph on wove paper. La Caricature 1832 , Plate 165. No 82 printing en verso. Collector's stamp en verso. (full text: Digestion du Budjet travail administratif, politique, moral et surtout économique.) Louis-Philippe, dressed as a stonemason plastering over the unfulfilled promises he made during the Revolution of 1830. This caricature prompted La Caricature's first seizure by authorities. In black wood frame. weight 3 pounds. Philipon went to trial where he made the famous sketches that transformed the king's face into a pear. Acquired from the estate of George Longstreet, a renown collector of fine original illustrations and prints whose collection has appeared in dozens of museums and exhibits over the last four decades. Image 12.25"x6.5"; sheet 8"x13"; framed 18.75"x14.75" (BL8) Domestic Shipping: $60

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