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Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Illustrator J. J. Grandville
Engraver Pierre François Godard
Author Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47

All of the wolves are brothers, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — All of the wolves are brothers, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Illustrator J. J. Grandville
Engraver Pierre François Godard
Author Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47

I was ignominiously arrested, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — I was ignominiously arrested, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Illustrator J. J. Grandville
Engraver Pierre François Godard
Author Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47

And yet we add that, outside the theater, these animals are even more ugly, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — And yet we add that, outside the theater, these animals are even more ugly, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Illustrator J. J. Grandville
Engraver Pierre François Godard
Author Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47

The Tiger entered stealthily, the dagger in his hand, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
, J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — The Tiger entered stealthily, the dagger in his hand, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Illustrator J. J. Grandville
Engraver Pierre François Godard
Author Honoré de Balzac
ca. 1837–47

The Keys to Paradise, from "The Complete Works of Béranger", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — The Keys to Paradise, from "The Complete Works of Béranger"
Multiple artists/makers
1836

The Blind Man of Bagnolet, from "The Complete Works of Béranger", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — The Blind Man of Bagnolet, from "The Complete Works of Béranger"
Multiple artists/makers
1836

The Spanish Fly, from "The Complete Works of Béranger", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — The Spanish Fly, from "The Complete Works of Béranger"
Multiple artists/makers
1836

My Burial, from "The Complete Works of Béranger", J. J. Grandville French, Wood engraving — My Burial, from "The Complete Works of Béranger"
Multiple artists/makers
1836

The Itinerant Musician, from "Le Magasin Pittoresque"

Multiple artists/makers

January 1841

Gil Blas, from "Le Charivari"

Multiple artists/makers

ca.1838–40

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