Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) "The Pleasures of the Omnibus". Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black pencil lines. Captioned at the bottom in black pencil: "... (,)je n'arriverai jamais", dated on the motif "1845". Black pencil sketch on verso, barely legible, with brown ink showing through. Numbered top left on verso "G236". Label bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville". (Slightly oiled, small stains and small folds on the right edge). 18.5x24.5cm Our drawing is preparatory to the engraving "Les plaisirs de l'Omnibus" (see: Catalog de vente, collection d'un amateur, J.J. Granvillle, Librairie Benoit Forgeot, and Sims Reed Ltd, 2007, lot n°69, reproduced: Musée ou magasin comique de Philipon: contenant près de 800 dessins. Volume 1 / by MM. Cham, Daumier, Dollet, Eustache... [et al.]; texts by MM. Bourget, P. Borel, Cham, L. Huart... [et al.], published by Aubert & Cie, Paris, 1842-1843, p. 81).