La Belle Liminaudiére au Caffée de Mille Collone, Palais Royal Paris, 1814
Scope and Contents
A fashionably dressed woman sits in profile to the left, at an ornate table raised above the floor of the café, studying a pamphlet or menu on which is the word 'Paris'. Her arm-chair is decorated with ornaments, the arm terminating in a ram’s head. Customers and waiters (left) are on a smaller scale. Columns with ornate capitals support the roof, and the wall is decorated with large paintings of nude and heroic figures.
The Café des Mille Colonnes was renowned for its gilt columns, and mirrors, and for the elegance of its presiding lady, Mme Romain, whos raised seat had belonged to the Viceroy of Italy. Its ‘fat princess’ is described in Rowlandson’s 'Dance of Life', 1817. See also ‘Les Mille Colonnes’, verses from Brummell’s Album. L. Melville, 'Beau Brummell', 1924, p. 308 f.
Grego, 'Rowlandson', ii. 272.
Partial description from the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. IX. 12410.
On the same plate as LF100/66A, a companion print.
Dates
- Creation: 1814
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Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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