COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
07385
Record number:
07385-69
JCB call number:
E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
Image title:
[top] Le Diner. [bottom] Les Dèlassemens d'une Aprés Diner.
Creator 1:
Jean Baptiste Debret
Creator 1 dates:
1768-1848
Creator 1 role:
delt.
Creator 2:
Thierry Frères, succrs. de Engelmann & Cie.
Creator 2 role:
lith. de
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Firmin Didot Frères]
Image date:
[1835]
Image function:
plates 7 & 8; vol. 2, following p. 38
Technique:
lithograph
Image dimension height:
35.1 cm. (both images)
Image dimension width:
23 cm.
Page dimension height:
53.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
34 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
[top] A man and woman of European descent eat lunch at a table provided with fruit, a roasted fowl, and wine. Two black, male slaves attend the meal while a female slave fans the master and mistress. Two black slave children have received treats of food from the table. [bottom] Four men of European descent take siesta on a kind of porch or veranda. They wear casual clothing, play the flute, strum a guitar, read, and drink. Includes formal clothing hanging from a rack and pitcher or jug.
Source creator:
Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
Source Title:
Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome deuxième.
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 24.
Source date:
M DCCC XXXV [1835]
notes:
Text explains in great detail the mid-day dining habits of different classes of residents of Rio de Janeiro.The lithographs in this book were made from drawings made by Debret during his fifteen-year residence (1816-1831) in Brazil.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Dinners and dining--Brazil
Subject headings:
Slaves--Brazil
Subject headings:
Slavery--Brazil