CAROTTE DU RESTAURANT. - J'offrirai à monsieur un petit dîner distingué et pas cher. - Très bien! - Six douzaines marennes, haut Soterne, comme monsieur prend toujours; bisque d'écrevisses, barbue, chevreuil, Bordeaux-laffitte..... - Diable! dites donc..... - A douze francs, comme la dernière fois; un petit faisan, asperges, un souflé et du Sillery frappé, comme monsieur le prend toujours. Etonné, ébloui, vexé, flatté l'amphitrion; est enfoncé.

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Title:
CAROTTE DU RESTAURANT. - J'offrirai à monsieur un petit dîner distingué et pas cher. - Très bien! - Six douzaines marennes, haut Soterne, comme monsieur prend toujours; bisque d'écrevisses, barbue, chevreuil, Bordeaux-laffitte..... - Diable! dites donc..... - A douze francs, comme la dernière fois; un petit faisan, asperges, un souflé et du Sillery frappé, comme monsieur le prend toujours. Etonné, ébloui, vexé, flatté l'amphitrion; est enfoncé.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. RESTAURANT HOAX. - Allow me to offer you Gentlemen a dinner, distinguished and not too expensive. - Very well. - Six dozen oysters, a bottle of Haut Sauterne, like Monsieur always takes; soup of crayfish, venison and Bordeaux-Laffitte. - The Devil! I say... - At 12 Francs, like last time, a little pheasant, asparagus, a soufflé and iced Sillery... Just like Monsieur always takes. Amazed, embarrassed, flattered...the castle has been taken.
Description:
A waiter flatters his regular customer into ordering a lot of food.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1844
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Restaurants
Waiters
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 32.5 x 23 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1611
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, March 30, 1844.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1263