National Museums Liverpool 57.115.9

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Source

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Source Description:

"France and England", an engraving by Brandoin published in 1772. The half-starved French cook and his miserable victuals are contrasted with the well-fed English cook contemplating plump joints of beef and ham. 

Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date
1772-85
Dimensions
  • Height: 0.60 in (1.52 cm)
  • Length: 12.50 in (31.75 cm)
  • Width: 12.40 in (31.50 cm)
Maker
Unknown
Printer's Name
Guy Green

Description:

Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile printed in black in Liverpool with a French cook skewering a dead cat next to some frogs which he has prepared earlier (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no. D3-6).

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