"Leftovers" from the Little Miseries of Human Life
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (28.5 × 19 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Yvonne Möen Cumerford, 1965
Accession Number
65.570.61(30)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Leftovers" is a wood engraving from 1843, part of the satirical series *Little Miseries of Human Life*. by a collaborative team including renowned French caricaturist J.J. Grandville (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard), alongside Henri Fournier, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forg, and Quichon, this print captures the whimsical frustrations of everyday existence. Grandville, a master of 19th-century caricature, infused his works with exaggerated human follies, blending sharp social commentary with humor. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, this 11¼ × 7½-inch sheet exemplif...
About the Artist
Henri Fournier|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|J. J. Grandville|Quichon (French|French|French) · 1813 | |1803 –1883 | |1847
French, Paris 1813–1883 Cannes| |French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves