Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) Allegorical subject with the sun and the earth Pen and brown ink, black pencil and stump. Monogrammed lower left. Numbered upper left on reverse "G283". Cartel at bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville". (Folds and stains). 21x17cm Our drawing is preparatory to the engraving "Système de Fourier" illustrating the book by Grandville (1803-1847), Un autre monde: transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations, peregrinations, excursions, stations... / by Grandville published by H. Fournier in Paris in 1844, on the last page of the chapter entitled "Les Métamorphoses".