Le Depart.

Goddisart de Cari

Le Depart.

Paris Martinet,1815

Etching

Original hand colouring

205 x 265 mm

£140

From a series, Musee Grotersque no. 6.

Below the title continues..

Guéri du Spleen par la Cuisine Française, l’Anglais retourne à Londres en embonpoint.

An obese Englishman, with a huge extended stomach, which he is supporting with a wheelbarrow is departing for London. .

He is close to the dock, aboat waiting for him. He is being assisted by an exhausted chef, who holds his cap to his face to wipe away the sweat.