Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. I. 1799–1815: CHILDHOOD THE FIRST EMPIRE 3
5. II. GOVERNMENT SERVICE 12
6. III. MONNIER AS AN ART STUDENT THE INTRODUCTION OF LITHOGRAPHY 21
7. IV. ENGLAND 32
8. V. SUCCESS: 1827–1830—ROMANTIC ART THE DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUSTRATION 40
9. VI. MONNIER AND HIS FRIENDS PRACTICAL JOKES AND MYSTIFICATIONS DURING THE RESTORATION 52
10. VII. 1830: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARICATURE 73
11. VIII. SCENES POPULAIRES; THE PROVERBE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM 88
12. IX. MONNIER AS AN ACTOR–MORE SCENES POPULAIRES–MARRIAGE 100
13. X. ARTIST VERSUS BOURGEOIS DURING THE JULY MONARCHY 119
14. XI. MONNIER’S CONNECTION WITH THE REALISTIC MOVEMENT 131
15. XII. 1849–1877: THEATRICAL VENTURES THE SECOND EMPIRE—OLD AGE 148
16. XIII. MONNIER, BALZAC, AND FLAUBERT 169
17. XIV. THE TRIUMPH OF MONSIEUR PRUDHOMME 186
18. NOTES 209
19. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES 225
20. GENERAL INDEX 239