"A grossly obese John Bull and his lean and ugly wife, both wearing hats, sit on upright chairs, gormandizing. The man holds a whole chicken to his mouth, taking a huge bite. The woman (left) faces him, biting a large melon which she holds with both hands to an enormous mouth. He is morosely savage, she is melancholy; both are gap-toothed. On the ground (right) by the man's chair are collected a ham or gigot, a large irregular (?) galantine, a raised pie: 'pâté de périgueux', a huge jar of 'vin de lafitte' round which four bottles are grouped: 'frontignac', 'Clos de Vouge[ot]', and '. . . seac'. Beside the woman are a basket and tray filled with grapes, peaches, and pears. Through a wide doorway (left) the street is seen with a seated fruit-seller who serves three grotesquely hideous Englishwomen. Two are lank and emaciated, one tries to stuff a big peach into an immense mouth, holding an armful of grapes and peaches; the other gnaws at a bunch of grapes held in both hands. The third, also with bulging cheeks, bites a peach. The fruit-seller's tray is empty; she holds out her last peach. All the women wear small absurd hats or caps, tight long-waisted bodices (coloured) with long white skirts (cf. No. 12359)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print attributed to Alphonse Roehn in the British Museum catalogue., Date and series name from British Museum online catalogue., and "Déposé à la Don Gle de l'Imprimerie."
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue de Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, and Women
"Six English sitting round a table in the open air playing assorted instruments, a flute, harp, violin, cello and guitar, while the sixth sings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print was attributed to Louis Félix Legendre in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum online catalogue., and Partial watermark along top edge.
"Satire on the English: a party of tourists climb into a diligence, with the ship behind from which they have just disembarked."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Debarquement d'anglais a calais pour paris
Description:
Title etched above and below image., This print was listed in the 'Bibliographie de France' for la 12 November 1814. See British Museum online catalogue., "Déposé à la Direction Gal. de l'imp. et de la lib.", and Paper with some foxing.
Publisher:
Chez Mme Ve. Chereau rue St Jacques no.10
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Families, Ethnic stereotypes, and Tourists
"Satire on the English: a family in descending order of height, the father in military uniform, the daughter an identical version of her mother, and the smallest boy dressed as a jester.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to "Graduation de la famille Ecossaise" published in February 1816?, Date from British Museum online catalogue., and "Déposé à la Directn. de la Libie."
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Fools & jesters, Ethnic stereotypes, and Families
Two men stand outside a business under a sign "Very." On the right, the obese, red-faced man, faces the viewer as he squats, defecating on the cobblestones while the thin man to his left stands with his back to the viewer urinating
Description:
Title etched below image. and Approximate date of publication based on the topic.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Urination, Defecation, and Foreign public opinion, French
"Six men in varying stages of intoxication surround a low, cloth-covered dinner-table (not bare as was customary for dessert), on which are a big punch-bowl, bottle, and glasses. One lies on the floor clasping a bottle and shouting, his chair overturned. Two pairs converse affectionately; an elderly man, his elbows on the table, supports his head, registering anguish. A seventh stands at a sideboard with a chamber-pot taken from a cupboard in the sideboard."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title follows main title., Date and artist from British Museum catalogue., and "No. 2"--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Librarie, Rue du Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Intoxication, Eating & drinking, Urination, and Foreign public opinion, French
In a French brothel, an obese old man sits lounges in an armchair with a large eyeglass in his hand; the matron of the establishment stands at his side gesturing to the four young women are parade through the door, showing off their figures as they enter. A bag of coins lay on the floor by his side. A canopied bed can just be seen on the edge of the scene on the far right
Alternative Title:
Amour à l'anglaise
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher based on style of lettering. See Griffiths, A. Publication of caricatures in Paris in 1814 and 1815, Part I: The established printsellers, Genty and Martinet. Print Quarterly (Volume XXXI, no. 1, pages 31-51)., Approximate date of publication based on the topic. See Griffiths., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint?
Publisher:
Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Obesity, Prostitutes, and Foreign public opinion, French
"A lady, stout and plain, her knees awkwardly apart, sits behind a small round tea-table filling a cup from a large urn. Seven other ladies sit on her right and left, in a semicircle, on upright chairs, in silent boredom. A child sits by its ugly middle-aged mother on the extreme right. A black servant in livery hands a tray on which are cups, cream-jug, and small (?) rolls. The room is bare except for table, chairs, and a narrow curtained window."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print attributed to Alphonse Roehn in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue de Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Children, Eating & drinking, Servants, Tea services, Tea tables (Tables), and Women
"Two very tall and lank Englishmen walk arm-in-arm in profile to the left; one grasps a big (red) umbrella, and looks down at a dog. Before them walks a dwarfish man holding a tall cane, perhaps a servant, but dressed in the fashion of the day apart from striped trousers. Behind walks a second couple, shorter, broader, and more cheerful. All have flower-pot hats, and all double-breasted long-tailed coats, except one of the second pair, who wears top-boots. The others wear either long tight trousers or tight gaiters reaching above the knee. Two have large bows suspended from their fobs, to which seal and watch-key are attached. Three wear neckcloths with projecting ends."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print attributed to Alphonse Roehn in the British Museum catalogue., Date and series name from British Museum online catalogue., and "Déposé à la Don Gle de l'Imprimerie'."
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Ethnic stereotypes, Pedestrians, and Men
