Three very bored-looking Englishmen sit around a table drinking wine, none looking at each other. The obese man in the middle is yawning with an outstretched arm
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boredom, Eating & drinking, Yawning, and Foreign public opinion, French
A companion plate to Le Départ (British Museum satire no. 12362), satirizing the haste of the English to visit France in 1814 and their gluttony and bad dressing. The Frenchman who cooks a cat is a subject of English caricatures on the favourite them...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, National characteristics, English, National characteristics, French, Cats, Cooks, Doves, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Gluttony, and Mail steamers
Napoleon sits at a table, slouched back in his chair with a sick look on his face, a menu in his left hand and a fork in his right. A lobseter, two fishes, a chicken and a head of a lamb all from his unbuttoned waistcoat
