Sujet

The alderman's dinner, 1775. Artist: Anon

Légende

The alderman's dinner, 1775. An obese alderman eats gluttonously; his slimmer companion, bent over a plate, evidently suffers from gout as his bandaged foot rests on a cushion. Five waiters bring more food and drink to the table.

Date

1775

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_412

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50.0Mo (4.2Mo) / 31.5cm x 39.7cm / 3724 x 4693 (300dpi)

Mots clés

food drink people male job man men health industry body guy occupation feet foot eating illness table greed party century waiter profession ill dinner party disease furniture obese concept excessive fat B&W service industry servant MONOCHROME excess metaphor black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery alderman getting round the table gout the body etching satire engraving Anon Anonymous Francesco Bartolozzi;Bartolozzi Francesco;F Bartolozzi