Name/Title
KITCHEN OF A FRENCH POST HOUSEEntry/Object ID
VC.59.240Description
Print, entitled: "The Kitchen of a French Post House/La Cuisine de la Poste": Polychrome engraved print of inn kitchen, with at left, peasant man with wine glass, wearing sabots, converses with gentleman with seated black poodle at feet; at rear, seated at table near fire, bespectacled inn-keeper's wife; entering, peasant boy, with cap, que, and sabots, woman with bonnet and crucifix, cattle-drover, wearing jack-boots and carrying long braided whip; in background, on fireplace wall, prints and notices tacked to wall include: portrait of Louis XV, picture of St. Francis Xavier, face of Christ on Veronica's cloth, notice: "De Par le Roi," a saint, a crucifixion, and beneath the latter, the laws pertaining to the posts. Below scene, "Will.Banbury Inv'd & Del." and "Published Feb. 4th, 1771 by M. Darly in Strand, where may be had Mr. Banbury's other works."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, Paper, InkMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William BanburyAttribution
MakerDate made
1771Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallWidth
9-5/8 inLength
13-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. (24.4 x 33.7 cm)General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Mounted on tissue, 1959, Old Print Shop, N.Y.C.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Bar