GRANDVILLE Jean-Jacques (Nancy 1803 1847 Vanves) - "The hunt for freedom". 1832. Lithograph in collaboration with Eugène Forest (Strasbourg 1808 Grenoble 1891). Signed with the artists' initials in the lower left corner of the plate. Reference : I.F.F. n°43, plate 214. Proof printed on wove paper (two plates joined together), heightened with red watercolour. Published by Aubert and printed by Becquet (Rue Childebert, Paris). Published in "La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique", volume 5, November 1, 1832 (plates n°213 and 214). In the foreground of this composition, the syringes evoke the fire hoses used against the crowd, for the first time, during a riot in 1831. In the background of the scene, some hunters are shooting down the opposition newspapers that are flying away, and on the right are the main ministers, the person of the king, and that of Vidocq, the chief of police, who is holding back dogs. 34.9 x 105.9 cm. Condition C (Vertical creases, impregnating halos in the coloring areas).