Title etched below image.
Series title and number from impression in Les Musèes de la Ville de Paris.
Printmaker's name etched in image, at bottom of bureau.
Date based on Plate 15, which was entered in the 'Bibliographie de France' for 29 March 1817.
Dimensions from the impression in Les Musèes de la Ville de Paris.
"The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue.