Ernest Griset Drawing Of A Kitchen Stove French Victorian Cat Painting Postcard

ABIZVAC2 A stunning undated but modern origin reproduction published postcard and souvenir from one of London's leading museums of this historic 1800s work of art by Ernest Griset entitled Drawing Of A Kitchen Stove with further details and museum logo on reverse capturing all the character of the Ernest Griset original unused and mint.

"... Ernest Henri Griset’s satirical pen, ink, and watercolour work titled Drawing of a Kitchen Stove (historically titled Woman at Stove holds a Scorpion over a Pan) is a brilliant example of late-Victorian grotesque caricature. Created during his peak illustrative period in London, the piece perfectly showcases why Griset was widely dubbed "the English Doré" for his ability to transform mundane domesticity into dark, fantastical, and deeply eccentric narratives.

A haggard, intensely focused woman stands before a heavy, rustic kitchen range. Her expression is rendered with Griset's signature exaggerated, slightly grotesque linework. Rather than preparing a typical meal, she is depicted holding a large, highly detailed scorpion directly over a cooking pan with a pair of tongs. The absurdity of cooking a venomous arachnid captures the dark, satirical humor that Griset regularly contributed to British comic magazines like Punch and Fun.

The titular iron stove is meticulously textured. Griset used heavy cross-hatching and deep ink washes to emphasize the gritty, dirty reality of a working-class coal or wood-burning hearth, complete with rising heat distortions and steaming cookware...."