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. and Approximate date of publication based on other lithographs on similar theme published by Martinet.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boredom, Eating & drinking, Yawning, and Foreign public opinion, French
"The candidate, stout and plainly dressed stands on a cask, bawling with outstretched hand at his audience, who are grouped below him, their heads only appearing, except for figure in the foreground. Here a lady (three-quarter length), a veil hanging from her hat over her face, and forming a background to her handsome profile, puts coins from a bag into the extended palm of a man, who gazes fixedly at her face, and who may be intended for a butcher. In the crowd, a fist strikes one man in the eye another is being slapped on the cheek. Three profiles gaze up cynically at the speaker, one is drinking."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lord-Iginal faisant sa motion
Description:
Title etched below image., Print attributed to Henri Buquet in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum online catalogue., and "Déposé."
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, rue de Coq
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Political elections, and Women
A thin miser stands before his desk laden ledgers (one with a label 'Avoir'), piles of papers, and bags of money and on top, at tray with carafe (of water?) and a partial loaf of bread with a knife; a ring of keys hang from the lock of the desk drawer. The large waste paper basket below the desk is filled with sheets of paper, one of which is titled "Bureau de Carite" and a letter "A Monsieur ... rue Pari[s] ...". He stands shivering, his nose and cheeks red with cold, as he ties one end of a string from a ball on the desk to a tie on his shirt which is thrown on the arm of the desk chair along with his coat. At the left on the wall above the mantel is a picture "Les Israélites adorant le veau d'or" which is signed lower left G. De Cari and lower right Maleuvre. The mantel holds a clock, two fine china cups with saucers and two candlesticks, one candle burnt low, the other unused. A thin cat looks up at him meowing. Through the window on the right is a view of the neighboring buildings
Alternative Title:
Rien qu'un
Description:
Title from caption below image., Series title and numbering from impression in the British Museum online catalogue., Dimensions from impression in the British Museum online catalogue., Lettered on the painting over the fireplace 'G de Ca' and 'Maleuvre'., This plate was entered in the 'Bibliographie de France' for 8 August 1818. Cari's original drawing, which shows numerous differences, is in the BM (1989,0128.59)., and Sheet trimmed to design with loss of series title and numbering: 19 x 23.5 cm.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet libraire Rue de Coq no.15
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Desks, Ethnic stereotypes, Avarice, and Misers
