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Humanised elephant in the role of a bon viveurA humanised elephant, wearing waistcoat, trousers and tailcoat, cast in the role of a bon viveur, with corks popping out of wine bottles behind him
Honey badger, Mellivora capensis, and grison or South American glutton, Galictis cuja.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris
Large Boy Eats Large PieA plump boy puts all his strength into eating a pie
Pregnant nun Sister Jean sitting in her convent cell, her habit open to reveal her breasts. A picture of Saint Martha on the wall. Soeur Jeanne
Historical views of Siberia. Samoyed man outside a pit-house 16, discovery of an extinct mammoth skeleton 17, and Russian man exiled to the frozen wastes 18
King George IVs royal parade through Dublin, 1821King George IV of England riding a carriage in a royal parade through Dublin, 1821. Accompanied by Irish gentlemen, lancers, soldiers, bishops and aldermen. Going to the Levee
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at bareknuckle boxers during a fight. Death and the Pugilists. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van
A man offers his friend his beautiful slavegirl. Two friends watch a woman sleeping in a four-poster bed. Les deux amis. After Athenaeus
Man and woman in a restaurant with a glutton, 19th centuryMan and woman in a restaurant with a glutton. He says, But you don t eat? He thinks, He inhales! Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss artist Jean Gabriel
Wolverines, skunk and stink badgerWolverine, Gulo gulo (Gulo arcticus) 1, Mexico wolverine (Gulo barbara) 2, striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis 3, and Sunda stink badger, Mydaus javanensis 4
Masked palm civet or gem-faced civet, Paguma larvata (Masked glutton, Gulo larvatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bradley after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from a specimen in
Illustration, Strawberries and cream. first published 1838
Merry Christmas! 1847" Heaven Bless you Merry Gentlefolks let Nothing You Dismay, " Page of Victorian men and women getting into the Christmas spirit! Indulging themselves in food, drink and dance. 1847
GLUTTON / BENJAMIN MARRIOTBenjamin Marriot, a Prodigious Eater
Greek Anti-British Propaganda Postcard - this translates as: " Greek Soldiers - this is whom you are fighting!" The British forces are characterised as a fat John Bull
Eating Well (Roubille)Fat man eating a good meal. - After a good tuck-in, life doesn t seem so bad, after all
Caricature of a gluttonous monk. circa 1820
Cruikshank / IndigestionAn early 19th century gentlemans self-contained room. It includes a hob grate, letter rack, wash stand, curtained off bed, pelmet & curtains, table, rug & fender
French Theatre -- La Condamnacion de BancquetLa Condamnacion de Bancquet, a morality play against gluttony attributed to Nicolas (or Nicole) de la Chesnaye. Showing a plump man with a flask of red wine, a chicken on a spit
Wolverene or glutton, Gulo gulo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)
Cartoon, German man eating, WW1Cartoon, a fat German man eating a plate of pork and cabbage. Date: 1915
I really like Veals headA little girl expresses her like for this particular French culinary delicacy - Veals head! Date: 1905
Greek Anti-Plutocrat Propaganda PostcardAn anti Plutocrat Greek postcard from the Second World War, praising the austere simple pride in the life of a Greek soldier against the extravagant largesse of the Plutocrat
Origin Species, CH Bennett, Fat man - pigPiggish. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a man who eats too much, from a pig. This old glutton, fond of good eating is a natural descendant of the pig
Late for Dinner C1830Better late than never! A dinner guest arrives late, and needs to hurry if he is going to eat at all
Food and Drink / GluttonyA glutton in a jesters hat tucks into a variety of foods, while a wild pig cleans up the scraps
Studying Paris Menu 1874A rather portly customer studies the menu in a Paris restaurant
Leopards and Wolfs ZooRegents Park zoo, London Visitors admire leopards and other cats, wolf and glutton
Wolverine / GluttonAlso known to Americans as a CARCAJOU. Mustela gudo. Buffon calls it a glutton