J. J. Grandville, Water Lily, 1847, Lithograph

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Lithograph on paper. Plate from the series "les fleurs animées". Single sheet with passepartout. Light flowering. "\.being upon the earth, … Read more Lithograph on paper. Plate from the series "les fleurs animées". Single sheet with passepartout. Light flowering. "\.being upon the earth, - incapable of loving and being loved, - taking no part in the pains or the pleasures of mankind, - pale and mournful, - the cold water-lily could find no refuge but in a convent". T. Delord. Les fleurs animées is a work published by gabriel de gonet in 1847 in two volumes. The illustrations of this book (52 steel engraved, hand colored plates) are by the french cartoonist j.j. Grandville, the text is by taxtile delord, while the introduction is by alphonse karr. In all the illustrations there are the images of women as flowers personified, clothed in courtly fashions blended with petals and leaves. From all the joys and the sorrows of each personified flower, moral lessons are taught. "happy they who love flowers! happy, indeed, if they love flowers alone!" a. Karr this piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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