English exhibitions in Paris or French people astonished at our improvement in the breed of fat cattle

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English exhibitions in Paris or French people astonished at our improvement in the breed of fat cattle

english-exhibitions-in-paris-1812

Identifier: english-exhibitions-in-paris-1812

Title: English exhibitions in Paris or French people astonished at our improvement in the breed of fat cattle

Date: 1812-1816

Description: A fat Englishman is being mocked by a group of Parisians. The Englishman stands at right in his shirtsleeves, clapping his right hand to his forehead in wonder; at left, at least five French people stand together within his buttoned up waistcoat, gesticulating festively; behind at left, a fat woman admired by sketchily drawn thin onlookers.

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Format: 25 cm x 35 cm

Type: Paper

Type: Etching, hand-colored

Coverage: London, England

Relation: LUCA2019.16 1812

Subject: English

Subject: French

Subject: Paris, France

Subject: Satire

Subject: Great Britain

Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas

Relation: Michalak Collection

Source: Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections

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