After Grandville, The Cicada Having Sung all Summer – c.1900s pen & ink drawing
After Grandville, The Cicada Having Sung all Summer – c.1900s pen & ink drawing
After Grandville, The Cicada Having Sung all Summer – c.1900s pen & ink drawing
After Grandville, The Cicada Having Sung all Summer – c.1900s pen & ink drawing

After Grandville The Cicada Having Sung all Summer

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An original c.1900s pen & ink drawing, After Grandville, The Cicada Having Sung all Summer.

This expertly drawn cartoon in ink and wash is after an illustration by the renowned French caricaturist Grandville for The Cicada and the Ant from 'Fables' by Jean de La Fontaine.

In pen and ink with watercolour wash. Painted on the blank front of a postcard or 'carte postale'. The postcard dates the work to around the first decade of the 20th century.

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Dimensions: Height: 9.1cm (3.58") Width: 14cm (5.51")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Pen & Ink

Age: Early 20th-century

Signed: No.

Inscribed: Inscribed in French, lower left: 'd'ap. Granville[sic]; lower right: 'la cigale ayant chanté tout l'été; and verso: Chère madame, nous ne pouvons venir demains, dela nous ennuis bien. Notre meilleur souvenir à tous'.

Dated: --

Condition: In good condition for its age. The picture may have minor imperfections such as slight marks, toning, foxing, creasing or pinholes, commensurate with age. Please see photos for detail.

Stock number: JT-295