Grandville

Grandville, the pseudonym of JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE GÉRARD, a French caricaturist, who was born at Nancy, 3d September 1803. In 1828 he first attracted attention by a series of humorous sketches entitled Les Métamorphoses du Jour, in which men with animals' faces show forth the follies and foibles of human nature. This was followed by several similar series of satirical caricatures of social relations, as Animaux Parlants, Les Cents Proverbes, Les Fleurs Animées, &c. He also practised political caricature with great success. Besides this line of work, he contributed illustrations to splendid editions of the Fables of Lafontaine, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, &c. Grandville died in Paris, 17th March 1847.