Madame Very Restaurateur, Palais Royal Paris, 1814
Scope and Contents
Engraving (coloured impression). A plump, comely woman sits full-face behind a table whose surface forms the base of the design. Her dress is cut low, and her hair is piled in a pyramid; her back is reflected in a large wall-mirror. On the table are trays filled with cards, dishes of fruit, a reading lamp, and a plant in a pot. A thin elderly woman, similarly dressed, stands looking at her in profile to the right.
Very heads the list of the most renowned restaurateurs in Paris, in a guide-book, 'Le Nouveau Conducteur', of 1818, the address being Palais-Royal, and rue de Rivoli, No. 9. See Nos. 12366, 12367, 12368.
Grego, 'Rowlandson', 11. 272.
Partial description from the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. IX. 12409.
On the same plate as LF100/66B, a companion print.
Dates
- Creation: 1814
Conditions Governing Access
Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room
Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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