Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
1843
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Lower right, initialed in the lithographic stone
Height
19 1/6"
Width
15 5/8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed: First floor, Family & Community Medicine hallway
Location
School of Medicine & Health Sciences Building
Additional Information
Published in Le Charivari in 1843.
Original Text:LES NOUVEAUX RESTAURANS ANGLAIS À PARIS.
-Vraiment ça n'est pas cher.... pour deux francs vingt cinq centimes on vous donne une bouteille de bière, une soupe à la tortue, un rosbif aux pommes, un morceau de veau à la gelée de groseille et une colique!....
English: NEW ENGLISH RESTAURANTS IN PARIS.
-This is really not too expensive... for two francs and 25 centimes they give you a bottle of beer, turtle soup, a roast beef with potatoes, a slice of veal, currant jelly and a colic.
Given the reputation of English cuisine (from a French perspective), a French restaurant in England might seem more likely than the other way around. Daumier suggests that diners were getting more than they bargained for at Paris’ new English restaurants—but not in a good way.