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Henry Bonaventure Monnier

Monsieur Prudhomme

Maker

Henry Bonaventure Monnier (French, 1805-1877)

Title

Monsieur Prudhomme

Year

1835-1870

Medium

  • graphite,
  • Pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • graphite,
  • Pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper

Materials

null, ink, wash technique, graphite

Supports

  • null,
  • paper

Dimensions

29.5 x 18.7 cm (11 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In ink in LL:"à mon vieil ami Rambaud/Henry Monnier / Brest l'an 1835"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

69.097

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story
Illustration from the Permanent Collection
Apr 14, 2006 – Jul 23, 2006

Label copy

Henry Monnier was a great admirer of George Cruikshank and dedicated a lithographic album to him. Monnier invented the character Monsieur Prudhomme, whom he depicted frequently throughout his career. Prudhomme represented a certain kind of pompous, conservative, middle-class civil servant, the incarnation of the self-satisfied and respectable citizen, defender and creature of the established order of things. Monnier employed Prudhomme in order to act out and project many of the dissatisfactions and frustrations of his audience. Henry Monnier was a great admirer of George Cruikshank and dedicated a lithographic album to him. Monnier invented the character Monsieur Prudhomme, whom he depicted frequently throughout his career. Prudhomme represented a certain kind of pompous, conservative, middle-class civil servant, the incarnation of the self-satisfied and respectable citizen, defender and creature of the established order of things. Monnier employed Prudhomme in order to act out and project many of the dissatisfactions and frustrations of his audience.

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Henry Bonaventure Monnier (French, 1805-1877)
Monsieur Prudhomme, 1835-1870
Graphite, pen and ink and watercolor on wove paper
29.5 x 18.7 cm (11 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 69.097

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