Research Catalog

Title

Les embarras de la rue St. Honoré au coin de celle d'Orléans [graphic].

Publication

Paris : Martinet, [1820?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maison Martinet (Paris, France) pbl
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1 print : etching, hand-colored; 35 x 27 cm., plate mark 27 x 21 cm.

Summary

The commedia dell'arte character Harlequin perches atop a ladder, supported by his comrade Pierrot and other men, in front of a building bearing the sign Café du Bosquet, no. 118. Harlequin, who may be wearing a mask, raises a hand to conceal his laughter as he points towards a window. Another man attempts to mount the ladder, and a man at far right climbs atop another's shoulders in order to view the "embarrassment" taking place beyond the picture frame.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Caricatures
• Harlequin (Fictitious character)
• Pierrot (Fictitious character)
• Etchings

Genre/Form

• Caricatures.
• Etchings.

Note

• Caption title.
• Caricature parisiene [sic], no. 18.

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur Frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Call Number

*MGZFX Anon Emb 1

OCLC

825066835

Title

Les embarras de la rue St. Honoré au coin de celle d'Orléans [graphic].

Imprint

Paris : Martinet, [1820?]

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography

The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur Frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Maison Martinet (Paris, France) Publisher

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Anon Emb 1