{"product_id":"les-metamorphoses-du-jour-5","title":"The Doctor Will See You by J.J. Grandville","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis satirical print from J.J. Grandville's celebrated \"Les Métamorphoses du Jour\" transforms a routine medical consultation into biting social commentary. Two fish-headed physicians attend to their grasshopper patient, who sits anxiously in a plush red armchair while awaiting the prescribed bloodletting. The caption translates: \"There is fullness; we will bleed you tomorrow. In the meantime, continue the diet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrandville's genius lay in using animal allegory to critique French bourgeois society during an era of strict censorship. Here, the cold-blooded fish doctors embody the detached professionalism of physicians who clung to outdated treatments like bloodletting well into the mid-nineteenth century. The nervous grasshopper patient, with its prominent antennae and delicate frame, appears vulnerable against such confident authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Paris by Gustave Havard in the mid-1850s, this posthumous edition preserves Grandville's influential work that would later inspire Surrealists and fantasy illustrators. The delicate hand-coloring and fine typography by J. Claye represent the high standards of French book illustration.\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":44699235090547,"sku":"AP7224","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/2026-04-04-11-20-22-01.jpg?v=1775337452","url":"https:\/\/www.authenticvintageposters.com\/products\/les-metamorphoses-du-jour-5","provider":"Authentic Vintage Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}