A stout man reclines on a chaise-longue, a bolster pillow supporting his knees as a small cup meets his lips. Above this, a small tube descends from a bowl labeled 'Barcelonie'. On the wall are two wheels and the mechanism that pours and decants the wine and cracks the nuts
Alternative Title:
Body fanner, nut-cracker and wine helper, for the heats of summer
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title etched above image., Later edition attributes these plates to Robert Seymour: Living made easy : dedicated to the Utilitarian Society : twelve humorous subjects / designed by R. Seymour. New-York : Published by E.S. Mesier, 28 Wall Street, 1832., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Automation, Couches, Eating & drinking, Machinery, Nuts, and Wine
Title from item., Date of publication derived from date of original work., Place of publication derived from language of text., Copy after Boilly's print by the same name., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gastronomy, Eating & drinking, Teeth, Nuts, and Infants
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Above image: (14)., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters or Syringe; Politics, French.
Publisher:
Chez Deforêt & César, Libraires-Editeurs, 64, Rue Nve. des Petits-Champs and Imp. Talons
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Galliffet, Gaston de, 1830-1909
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Generals, Military decorations, Nuts, Basins (Containers)., and Politics and government
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality., In image foreground is a bowl inscribed: Peter Wild Boy., Peter the Wild Boy was born circa 1713, and died 22 February 1785. He was thought to suffer from Pitts-Hopkins syndrome., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Feral children, Human curiosities, Nuts, Coats, and Bowls (Tableware).
