...A satire on the English : an animal trainer attracts a crowd to the feeding time at his menagerie , while next door , two Englishmen gorge at the 'Rosebif Restaurant . This print was listed in the ' Biblioghraphie de France ' for 18th October 1817 by Gault .
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012
' Entrez Messieurs et Dames . C'est le Moment quand les Animaux leur Nourriture ' Hand-coloured etching , circa 1817 . The British Museum , London
...A satire on the English : an animal trainer attracts a crowd to the feeding time at his menagerie , while next door , two Englishmen gorge at the 'Rosebif Restaurant . This print was listed in the ' Biblioghraphie de France ' for 18th October 1817 by Gault .
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