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The ‘rentier’ and his wife

The ‘rentier’ and his wife
(Le Rentier et sa femme)
(1840)
illustration for Monographie du rentier (Monograph of the Rentier) by Honoré de Balzac and J. J. Grandville, in Les Français peints par eux-mêmes (The French Painted by Themselves), vol. 3, published by Léon Curmer, Paris, 1840–42

Medium
hand-coloured wood-engraving
Measurements
13.5 × 10.1 cm (image) 25.7 × 17.1 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Printing/Publishing
published by Léon Curmer, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: JJG
printed in ink l.c.: GUILLAUMOT / LE RENTIER ET SA FEMME.
Accession Number
1298-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Gallery 17
Level 3, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
caricatures couples dog (species) hats men (male humans) walking women (female humans)