The Life and Times of Henry Monnier, 1799-1877

PREFACE CONTENTS I. 1799–1815: CHILDHOOD THE FIRST EMPIRE II. GOVERNMENT SERVICE III. MONNIER AS AN ART STUDENT THE INTRODUCTION OF LITHOGRAPHY IV. ENGLAND V. SUCCESS: 1827–1830—ROMANTIC ART THE DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUSTRATION VI. MONNIER AND HIS FRIENDS PRACTICAL JOKES AND MYSTIFICATIONS DURING THE RESTORATION VII. 1830: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARICATURE VIII. SCENES POPULAIRES; THE PROVERBE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM IX. MONNIER AS AN ACTOR–MORE SCENES POPULAIRES–MARRIAGE X. ARTIST VERSUS BOURGEOIS DURING THE JULY MONARCHY XI. MONNIER’S CONNECTION WITH THE REALISTIC MOVEMENT XII. 1849–1877: THEATRICAL VENTURES THE SECOND EMPIRE—OLD AGE XIII. MONNIER, BALZAC, AND FLAUBERT XIV. THE TRIUMPH OF MONSIEUR PRUDHOMME NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES GENERAL INDEX