A Table D'Hote or French Ordinary in Paris

Publisher Thomas Tegg British

May 30, 1810

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Guests of a dinner sit at a long narrow table in a magnificent room with an ornate ceiling. Two men and a young woman serve wine, one drawing a cork, the others spilling wine over the guests. Another waiter spills soup in an elderly guest's face. A woman and a little girl with a begging dog play tambourine and triangle at left.

Tegg's name and date have been erased.

Artwork Details

Title: A Table D'Hote or French Ordinary in Paris
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London) ?
Published in: London
Date: May 30, 1810
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 7/16 in. (25.8 × 36.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.979
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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