Roast Collection

Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen

The Gentleman Who Asked the Carver - H. M. Bateman
The Gentleman who asked the carver at Simpson s-in-the-Strand whether the meat was English or foreign

Owl and foxes carrying food on a Christmas card
An owl and three foxes carrying a roast bird, cutlery and holly through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT

Black Waiter with Thanksgiving Turkey
A jovial black waiter in America raises aloft the Thanksgiving Turkey on this Greetings card

Sunday Roast
A mouth-watering Sunday roast meal - a joint of roast beef, served with roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding

Art / Hogarth / Roast Beef
THE GATE OF CALAIS, OR, O THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND a satire on the well-fed English versus the poorly- fed French

Three people at a table, photographer reflected in mirror
Three people at a table with a roast dinner and wine bottles, possibly for Thanksgiving, North America. The photographer and camera on a tripod are reflected in the mirror behind them

Notre Dame, Paris, in the snow
View of the west facade of Notre Dame, Paris, in the snow, with a street trader in the foreground. Date: 20th century

Feasting in the Middle Ages by Pauline Baynes
A detailed scene depicting a medieval feast with a jester and performing monkeys entertaining diners while they are served exotic looking roast birds (heron and peacock). 1958

Landlord Les Rowe carving a rog hoast
A traditional Cornish Hog Roast, cooking on a spit in a wonderful old fireplace, about to be attacked by the pub Landlord Les Rowe

Ox roasting at Stratford-upon-Avon Mop Fair
Scene showing an ox being roasted at the Stratford upon Avon annual Mop Fair, Warwickshire. Farm workers, labourers, servants and some craftsmen would work for their employer from October to October

Food Served on a Flight
An Airline Steward and Air Hostess serve a roast meal to flight passengers

Roast turkey on a plate on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Geese unhappy at the arrival of Michaelmas
A gaggle of geese are unhappy to read a notice that the season of Michaelmas has begun. Eating goose at Michaelmas was thought to bring good luck, but that did not apply to geese

The Arabian Nights, illustration by Edmund Dulac. The Story of the Magic Horse. She gave orders for a rich banquet to be prepared. Date: 1907

House of Prime Rob Resturant facade, San Francisco
House of Prime Rob Resturant facade, 106 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA - serving roast prime ribs of beef exclusively carved at your table from the cart. Date: circa late 1940s

Free distribution of bread, meat and wine to the people. Roasting an ox. Procession of Charles V and Pope Clement VII after Charles coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in Bologna, 1530

Grand ceremonial banquet at the French Court in the 14th century, with entremets (dishes that were served after roasts, vegetables and sweets)

Cook, 16th century. Engraving
The cook. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

Interior of Italian Kitchen. Cooks preparing a feast. Facsimile of a woodcut from the cookbook of Cristoforo di Messisbugo, Banchetti compositioni di Vivende, published in Ferrara, 1549

Forest boer-bean, Schotia latifolia
Forest boer-bean or broad-leaved schotia, Schotia latifolia. Native to Africa, sent from South Africa by William John Burchell to Scottish botanist John Hope at Edinburgh Botanic Garden

A naval lieutenant summons an old midshipman to duty, but he is too busy roasting a goose at the hearth. On the walls, a midshipman's dirk, paintings of ships, carved parrots, a cocked hat

16th century French expedition. Florida. Timucua cooking
History of the United States of America. 16th century French expedition. Florida. The Timucua roast native fowl and marine animals, including alligators

A roast pig on a spit, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Village Fair Ox Roast early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Ox Roast, Village Fair Date: circa 1900s

A roast chestnut seller, Victorian period

Idle - Town Gate - Ox roast - Bradford

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Dinner Menu
Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, dinner menu cover design, 1 June 1950 Date: 1950

Suffragette political cartoon, Louis Wain
Suffragette political cartoon, Comical Cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914

Roasting of the baron of beef for the Christmastide Festival, held over a weekend in the first week in December each year. Date: 1900

Fireplace in the kitchen in Windsor Castle. Date: 1894

Draycott, Cotswold village, ox roast for Coronation
Draycott, Cotswold village, ox roast to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953. Date: 1953

Roasting tea over a fire, China. Date: 1851

Roasting top grade tea over a fire, China. Date: 1851

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Poort after a great elephant hunt, South Africa. Among the huts, wagons and tents, a huge fire roasts elephant meat

Native Americans preparing, steaming and smoking
Native Americans grilling and roasting fish, boiling meat with hominy, and a couple seated on a mat eating from a plate between their legs. From illustrations by John White

Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut, Brazil
Nomadic Puri family relaxing in a hut made of leaves and branches, man lying in hammock, woman roasting meat on a fire. Amazon, Brazil

Lengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto

Christmas frieze, servants with Christmas dinner in snow

Christmas at Windsor Castle, roasting beef 1856
Roasting the Royal baron of beef for the Christmas banquet, overseen by the careful superintendence of the roasting cooks, who coax the baron, with sufficient basting

Cartoon, Ruling the Roast. circa 1833

Boy serving a roast turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

German Mountaineer hitting the heights of satisfaction
Thats the Limit !! As good as it gets!! A german Mountaineer has reached the peak of a high summit, he is sunbathing and his packed lunch is VERY satisfactory. Date: circa 1930s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 291
Coleoptera: Encocerus gibsoni = Ochthebius exsculptus (Gibson?s Enicocerus) [Plant: Iris foetidissima (fruit; Roast Beef Plant)] Date: 1824-39

Deer and ox roasting is often part of a celebration or custom, in various parts of Britain. Here deer carcasses are being roasted in the open air at Bournemouth, England. Date: 1950s

Vietnam - Chinese man selling small pieces of roasted meat at the side of the street Date: circa 1910s

ROAST PARSNIPS
Carefully buttering up large parsnip slices and adding salt and pepper before roasting them in the oven. Date: 1930s

COUNTRY DANCING C18TH
Two couples perform astar or hands across movement within a country dance at an English country fair. Date: late 18th Century

SELLING ROAST CHESTNUTS
A man stirs his roasting chestnuts with a metal spoon. Date: 1940s

COOK AND HOUSEMAID
Cook and housemaid in a French kitchen : a welcome cuppa while the joint cooks on the range and the cat waits for its share of scraps

ART / HOGARTH / ROAST BEEF
THE GATE OF CALAIS, OR, O THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND a satire on the well-fed English versus the poorly- fed French Date: 1749

Cat & Roast Turkey
Tabby cat (as the cook) carrying a roast tukey to the table. Artist: (Possibly) Louis Wain. Date: circa 1895

Old woman roasts chestnuts on her mobile food stall, Antalya
An old woman roasts chestnuts on her mobile food stall in Roman Harbour, Antalya, on the Turquoise Coast of Southern Turkey. It is early evening and the scene is backlit

Chef with roast turkey on a Christmas card
Chef in a kitchen with roast turkey on a Christmas card -- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Date: circa 1890s

Testing teeth, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Testing artificial teeth in a modern tooth works, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

British soldiers putting joints into the oven to roast
Photograph: British soldiers putting joints into the oven to roast.One of 193 British and Allied Official photographs taken on the Western Front during World War One.Mounted on card

Greetings card in the shape of a picnic basket
Greetings card in the shape of a wickerwork picnic basket full of delicious food. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a bird dressed as a chef, serving food. Date: circa 1890s

Ponca indians roasting fish. Engraving
Native of North America. Ponca Indians roasting fish. French engraving, 1844

Maipure Indians grilling the legs of a dead enemy
Maipure Indians, inhabitants of the Upper Orinoco river, grilling the legs of a dead enemy. Italian Engraving 1781. Colored

Fairies roasting their dinner on a Christmas card
Some rather savage-looking fairies wearing rodent skins in the snow, roasting a rat over the fire for their dinner on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Roast Chicken
A whole roast chicken served with stuffing balls and croutons Date: 1950s

Roasted Hazel Nuts
Roasted Brazil nuts: Shell the nuts and dip them in hot butter. Roll them in salt and place them on a baking tray. Sprinkle them with more salt and roast them in the oven. Date: 1930s

Carving a Joint of Beef
A woman demonstrates how to carve a joint of roast beef. Date: 1950s

Poultry Ready to Cook
Poultry is prepared and ready for cooking. Date: late 19th century

Serving the Roast
Waiting at table, the maidservant lifts the cover off the roast Date: 1887

Three cherubs fighting on a New Year card
Three cherubs fighting and breaking things on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas and New Year telegram addressed to Sallie, with a greetings verse. 1890

Five cats and a dog on a cutout Christmas card. The cats are enjoying their Christmas dinner, watched hungrily by the dog. Date: circa 1890s

French Theatre -- La Condamnacion de Bancquet
La Condamnacion de Bancquet, a morality play against gluttony attributed to Nicolas (or Nicole) de la Chesnaye

Spit Roast, Thought to be at Chequerbent, Bolton, near Westhoughton, England. Date: 1910s

One-eyed man roasting chestnuts at market
One-eyed pipe-smoking man roasting chestnuts at a street market with car passing behind him. Date: 1930s

Sale of Roast Chestnuts on Street
Pipe-smoking man selling roast chestnuts to female customer on street Date: 1930s

Roast Chicken and Sauce
A whole roast chicken covered in a savoury sauce and served with celery Date: 1930s

Advertisement for Ross Foods -- family of three at the table (modelled by D Groves, Andrew Downie and M Baldock). 1959

Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2, showing various forms of transport including balloons and other flying machines. circa 1828

Smiling woman preparing a wholesome feast
A woman wearing a chequered apron and broad smile, leans over the stove and peels potatoes for the roast dinner she is preparing. 1937

Roasting Deer on a Spit
Deer and ox roasting is often part of a celebration or custom, in various parts of Britain. Here deer carcasses are being roasted in the open air at Bournemouth, England. Date: 1950s

An Elizabethan Banquet by Pauline Baynes
A detailed scene showing an Elizabeth banquet with entertainers in costume playing music and dancing while servants bring in platters of elaborate pies and dressed roast meats

Chile - Agricultural Labourers Camp
The customs of the agricultural labourers in Chile - a temporary camp where the men are spit-roasting meat and drinking Chilean wine. Date: circa 1910

Algerian French troops WWII
Feast of the 3rd Algerian Regiment, French Army. Troops of the Regiment de Tirailleurs Algeriennes with the roast lamb before starting the feast

Chaouis Camp - Algeria - Barbequeing
Chaouis Berber Camp - Algeria. Barbequeing a goat. The men sit and stand in the foreground close to the fire, whilst the women stand at the rear close to the low camel-hair tent

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