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La Belle Liminaudiére au Caffée de Mille Collone, Palais Royal Paris, 1814

 Item — Box: LF100 Box 1
Reference code: LF100/66B
La Belle Liminaudiére au Caffée de Mille Collone, Palais Royal Paris, 1814
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

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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