Call Number: Drawings B87 no. 17 Box D200 - Yale University Library Search Results

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:: [1770]
Call Number:: Drawings B87 no. 17 Box D200
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of a kitchen in a French inn, with figures including that of a curé conversing in a bland way with a man who, standing in huge sabots, holds a glass of drink; his hat is of a peculiarly extravagent shape. A woman with both hands under her apron is bowing to the curé; next to her a very tall and lean postillion is taking snuff from his box; he wears the customary enormous boots of his class. A boy in big wooden shoes clatters across the floor and wears a long queue
Description:: Title, artist, and date form inscription below design., Published etching based on this drawing is described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4764, and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: France.
Subject (Topic):: Boys, Clergy, Coach drivers, and Kitchens
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > La cuisine de la poste [art original]