{"product_id":"les-metamorphoses-du-jour-1","title":"The Chatterbox by J.J. Grandville","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis delightful hand-colored lithograph from J.J. Grandville's celebrated \"Les Métamorphoses du Jour\" presents one of the artist's most charming conceits: a lion-headed gentleman having his magnificent mane tended by a chattering parrot-barber. The scene perfectly encapsulates Grandville's genius for social satire, as the lion reads his newspaper and dismisses his barber's political inquiry with \"Expédiez, bavard\" (Get on with it, chatterbox).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in the 1854 Gustave Havard edition, this plate demonstrates the meticulous hand-coloring that distinguishes quality examples of this series. Grandville's anthropomorphic vision, which depicted bourgeois French society through animal-headed humans, profoundly influenced generations of artists from John Tenniel to Max Ernst. The cozy domestic setting, with its elegant fireplace and framed pictures, grounds the absurd scene in recognizable reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA standout piece for collectors of French caricature, this lithograph bridges Romantic-era satire and the surrealist imagination that would flower decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5\" x 10.0\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e J.J. Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Vintage Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44699234795635,"sku":"AP7220","price":48.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/2026-04-04-11-18-42-01.jpg?v=1775337385","url":"https:\/\/www.authenticvintageposters.com\/en-nl\/products\/les-metamorphoses-du-jour-1","provider":"Authentic Vintage Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}