| Maker(s): | Grandville, J. J.
| | Culture: | French (1803-1847)
| | Title: | Resurrection de la Censure
| | Date Made: | 1832
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Lithograph
| | Place Made: | Europe; France
| | Measurements: | Mat: 16 in x 20 in; 40.6 cm x 50.8 cm; Sheet: 10 3/16 in x 13 1/8 in; 25.9 cm x 33.3 cm; Image: 9 13/16 in x 10 9/16 in; 24.9 cm x 26.8 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (printed, etched in plate): N° 62.; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (printed, etched from plate): La Caricature (Journal.); INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (printed, etched from plate): Pl.125.; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, etched from plate): J.J. Granville / E. Forest; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, etched from plate): Resurrection de la Censure. / "Et elle ressuscita le troisiéme jour aprés sa mort" (évangile St. Luc
| | Accession Number: | MH 2013.3.1
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Ann Nelson Behrman (Class of 1954) Art Acquisition Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Black and white print depicting the Official censor, D'Argout, depicted as the anti-Christ, rising from his tomb which is a box of bureaucratic records. He clutches a huge pair of scissors while the figure of the constitution sleeps.
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