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Tony Johannot

Caricature of Mélanie Waldor, ca. 1830 - 1840

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Description

Maker

  • Tony Johannot, 1803-1852, French

Title

Caricature of Mélanie Waldor

Year

ca. 1830 - 1840

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pencil

Supports

  • Heavy buff paper

Dimensions

20 x 13.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed on the window mount: "Quand mamame Valdor a Paul Foucher s'accroche montrant la tartre de ses dents / Alf. Musset"

Erased graphite inscription: "Daumier"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

69.113

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

A woman is depicted in profile with an elaborate coiffure, a sloping forehead, and large irregular teeth. The artist and illustrator Tony Johannot deployed the harsh strategies of caricature to make this cruel joke at the expense of Mélanie Waldor, a woman of letters and a member of the artist’s social circle. The verses added below the image are from a poem that also ridiculed Waldor. While privately circulated, this caricature may be evidence of a broader backlash against women writers in France in the 1830s.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Caricature of Mélanie Waldor with the accession number of 69.113. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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