18th Century Material Culture

Beef, Pork, Rabbit, & Poultry

Butchers
Diderots Encyclopedia 1763
Diderots Encyclopedia 1763
The FRENCHMAN in LONDON
by Jno. Collet 1770
(Lewis Walpole Library)
The FRENCHMAN in LONDON
by Jno. Collet 1770
(The British Museum)
DOCKING the MACARONI
by Carington Bowles 1773
(The British Museum)
The CHESELD SOLDIER Returnd to Business, or the Newgate Str-t Butcher
by Thomas Colley 1780
(The British Museum)
The CHESELD SOLDIER Returnd to Business, or the Newgate Str-t Butcher
by Thomas Colley 1780
(The British Museum)
THE DUTCHESS CANVASSING FOR HER FAVOURITE MEMBER.
by William Dent, Published by J. Carter 1784
(The British Museum)
FEMALE INFLUENCE, or the DEVONS-----E CANVAS.
by Samuel Collings 1784
(Lewis Walpole Library)
Foxs Cotillon in St. Jamess Market
by William Paulet Carey 1784
(Lewis Walpole Library)
Meat Vendors
London Cries: "Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs"
Paul Sandby c. 1759
(Yale Center for British Art)
Cries of London - Any Tripe of Neats Feet
Paul Sandby 1759
Cries of London - Sausage Seller
Paul Sandby 1759
The Sausage Woman, or, a SCENE in Covent Gardin
for Robert Sayer 1772
The Sausage Woman, or, a SCENE in Covent Gardin
for Robert Sayer 1772
 The SAUSAGE WOMAN.
by Carington Bowles c. 1766 - 1784
(The British Museum_
 The SAUSAGE WOMAN.
by Carington Bowles c. 1766 - 1784
(The British Museum_
Parisian Boef Sign "l'auberge du boeuf normand"
18th Century
(Le Muse Carnavalet)
"The Flitch of Bacon"
by Edward Penny
(Bonhams)
Rabbit
The Porter & the Hare
by Johann Zoany
(vads.ac.uk)
Poultry
 Cook with a Smoking Fireplace
by Joachim Beuckelaer (15331574)
Domestic Cock, Hens, & Chicks
by Francis Barlow c. 1655
(Yale Cener for British Art)
 The Poulterer with Baskets
by Hendrick Blemaert c. 1650
(Sothebys)
 British Poultry
c, 1670 - 1720
(The British Museum)
 "The Poulterer"
by Frans van Mieris the Younger 1743
(Sothebys)
 A Poultry Seller
by Paul Sandby c. 1759
(National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
 The Artfull Swain
by Robert Sayer c. 1765
(The British Museum)
 La Cuisiniere Surveillante
by Johann Jacobus Haid (1704-1767) and Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809)
(Yale Center for British Art)
 La Cuisiniere Surveillante
by Johann Jacobus Haid (1704-1767) and Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809)
(Yale Center for British Art)
THE WISE MEN of GOTHAM and their GOOSE
by William Humphrey 1776
(The British Museum)
 The Market Girl
by Henry Walton c. 1776 - 1777
(Yale Center for British Art)
 THE SILVER AGE.
by John Boydell after Henry Walton 1782
(The British Museum)
 The Market Girl
by Henry Walton c. 1776 - 1777
(Yale Center for British Art)
 THE SILVER AGE.
by John Boydell after Henry Walton 1782
(The British Museum)
 Plucking the Turkey
by Henry Walton, exhibited 1776
(Tate Gallery)
 Plucking the Turkey
by John Raphael Smith, Published by William Darling, after Henry Walton 1777
(The British Museum)
COTTAGE BEAUTY
by Sayer & Bennett 1781
(The British Museum)
COTTAGE BEAUTY
by Sayer & Bennett 1781
(The British Museum)
 RURAL LIFE
by Sayer & Bennett 1783
(Yale Library)
 The Return from Market
by Francis Wheatley 1786
(Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries)
Hatching
Chickens
 OEconomie Rusique,
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
(University of Michigan)
 OEconomie Rusique,
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
(University of Michigan)
 OEconomie Rusique,
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
(University of Michigan)
Preparation & Cooking
 Boning a Mutton Shoulder
(Colonial Williamsburg - Joseph Privott - Photograph Courtesy Fred Blystone)
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