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The kitchen of a French post house La cuisine de la poste   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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After: Henry William Bunbury

Published by: John Harris
Title
The kitchen of a French post house La cuisine de la poste
Description
English: Satire on French everyday life: a large kitchen a clergyman stands talking to the innkeeper who wears large wooden shoes stuffed with wool and a hat with a large brim, his long hair hangs loose; a lrge dog sits at the clergyman's feet. On the left, a thin postillion standing tall takes a pinch of snuff from his box while a woman beside him bows to the clergyman, tucking her hands in her apron pockets; in front of her a boy in wooden shoes, hands in pockets, stares at the clergyman. Behin an old woman wearing glasses sits at a table by the fireplace with a glass and bottle in front of her; a large pot hangs over the fire. On the wall are pasted notices, including an "Ordonnace de Monsgr Le Duc de Choiseul Grand Maitre des Postes et Relais de France Sa Majesty ...", popular religious prints and another of LouisXV "le bien Aimé" 1771
Engraving and etching
Depicted people Associated with: Etienne François, Duc de Choiseul et d'Amboise
Date 1771
date QS:P571,+1771-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 411 millimetres
Width: 440 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
J,6.2
Notes

On the wall in the background hang popular prints.

Literature: T.Clayton, 'The English Print 1688-1802', New Haven and London, 1997, pp. 215
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-6-2
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