Nationality

French

Artist Dates

1808-1879

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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.

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