Plate with a scene from Métamorphoses du Jour (plate 3)

Manufactory Creil French
 J. J. Grandville French

Not on view

The manufacturer Creil incorporated the image from plate 3 of J.J. Grandville’s popular lithograph series, Les Métamorphoses du jour (1829), which used animal caricatures to mock and satirize French society, on this charming plate made for the middle-class market. A dandy in the guise of a hare appears to have been caught in an affair by a rustic hunting dog returning home with his rifle. Grandville was an ardent republican, and fought in the July Revolution of 1830 alongside fellow caricaturist Honoré Daumier. Caricatures mocking the government were particularly risky after 1835, when the strict censorship laws on caricature were reinstated.

Plate with a scene from Métamorphoses du Jour (plate 3), Creil (French, 1797–1895), Glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, French, Creil

Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.

Plate with a scene from Métamorphoses du Jour (plate 3), Creil (French, 1797–1895), Glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, French, Creil
Plate with a scene from Métamorphoses du Jour (plate 3), Creil (French, 1797–1895), Glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, French, Creil

This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.