Sujet

A medieval spit boy, who turns a spit in the kitchen, 2004. Creator: Judith Dobie.

Légende

A medieval spit boy, who turns a spit in the kitchen, 2004. A reconstruction illustration of a medieval spit boy, who turns a spit in the kitchen. The spit boy would continuously rotate a spit with meat on it, to make sure that it was evenly cooked through. It was one of the worst jobs to have in a medieval or Tudor kitchen. The illustration was made for the educational department to use on medival locations. The artist has used additional pastel on the fireplace.

Date

2004

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21B21_068

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

32,9Mo (1,8Mo) / 33,8cm x 24,4cm / 3988 x 2880 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal England food work job turning arts country hot dog dogs art costume cooking cookery occupation fire British English color heat medieval dress meat location drawing Britain profession fireplace concept roast spit roasting lying down Colour mediaeval Middle Ages working rotisserie Judith Dobie Dobie Judith Historic England spit-roasting spit boy