Gluttony Collection

Champion Beer Drinker
A German champion beer drinker downs a huge tankard of beer!

Humanised elephant in the role of a bon viveur
A humanised elephant, wearing waistcoat, trousers and tailcoat, cast in the role of a bon viveur, with corks popping out of wine bottles behind him

Large Boy Eats Large Pie
A plump boy puts all his strength into eating a pie

King William II crossing the river at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland, 1 July 1690. Deposed Catholic King James II of England losing his wig and hat as he flees on horseback

Painting, Maison Ruinart, Reims, Marne, France
Lunch of Oysters, 1737, detail, copy of an oil painting by Jean Francois de Troy, 1679-1752, in the Ruinart Salon at Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world

Monument to Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate
Monument to merchant taylor and philantropist Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate. Died 1612 aged 89. Depicted holding a skull

A man offers his friend his beautiful slavegirl. Two friends watch a woman sleeping in a four-poster bed. Les deux amis. After Athenaeus

Illustration, Strawberries and cream. first published 1838

EATING LOTS FOR 1S 6D
Three hungry customers get their moneys worth with a cheap lunchtime restaurant meal. Date: circa 1835

GLUTTON / BENJAMIN MARRIOT
Benjamin Marriot, a Prodigious Eater

Gluttony
A SWALLOW AT CHRISTMAS satire on seasonal gluttony Date: 1841

HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 8
8. The industrious apprentice has grown rich and become Sheriff of London Date: 1747

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

By Request! by H. M. Bateman
A couple eat a lavish meal in a restaurant as a violinist plays furiously in the gallery above. Date: 1917

French Theatre -- La Condamnacion de Bancquet
La 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

I really like Veals head
A little girl expresses her like for this particular French culinary delicacy - Veals head! Date: 1905

British Country Fare
Feast your eyes on this spread of country food and drink: Fish, pasties, pies, rounds of cheese, fine wines, rolled butter, scones, bread, cakes, fruit, rabbit and pheasant &c! Date: 1970s

Greek Anti-Plutocrat Propaganda Postcard
An 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

Gluttony Punished
Covetous men and women are pushed into cauldrons full of boiling lead and oil - illustration to Julian Notarys edition of the Shepherds Calendar

Deadly Sins / Gluttony

A depiction of Gluttony, with people feasting greedily at a table, while a poor old man begs for a few coins. Some have too much, others have too little

Crystal Palace / Opera
In consequence of the great pressure for lodgings, the Proprietor of Her Majestys Theatre allows parties visiting the opera to live in their boxes until the next day

Dinner Table Collapses
During a meal, the dinner table collapses because of the sheer weight of food on it!

Food and Drink / Gluttony
A glutton in a jesters hat tucks into a variety of foods, while a wild pig cleans up the scraps

Gourmand Dines
A portly gourmand dines alone on a whole chicken

Gluttonous Man 1835
A self-indulgent man fills himself with strawberries and cream, taking the precaution of locking the door lest he be interrupted

Studying Paris Menu 1874
A rather portly customer studies the menu in a Paris restaurant

Fat Boy Tucks in 19C
A fat boy tucks in to the contents of a table groaning with food

Shelves of Food
Shelves full of an incredible array of food, including bread, biscuits, fruit, eggs, crab, lobster, oysters, fish, sausages, a crown of lamb, meat, cheese, wine, cakes, &c

Meal Time on Rhine Boat
At meal time on a Rhine steamer, the passengers are much more interested in tucking eagerly into their dinner than admiring the river view

Doctor Johnson Eating
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Caricatured with Boswell as a pair of gourmands

Jolly Old Christmas
An engraving of King Cheer enjoying Christmas festivities

Excessive Food at C mas
A SWALLOW AT CHRISTMAS satire on seasonal gluttony

Fathers Large Appetite
A son is astonished by his fathers digestive capacity

HELL
Those who were guilty of gluttony during their lifetimes are punished by being forced to swallow toads and other venomous creatures

Hogarth Banquet / Ind&idle
8. The industrious apprentice has grown rich and become Sheriff of London

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