Social satire: scene in the "café du caveau" , the name and "punch glac / sorbets" indicated on a pilaster, with two elegantly dressed figures seated at a table, to left a hunchbacked man wearing a tailcoat and cravat, his top hat on a stool beside him, his right hand on the bill, his left holding a spoon, addresses a young woman to right, wearing a dress with a ruff and frills, scarf and bonnet, her parasol leaning against her leg, who raises one hand to her chest and looks away; columns with ornate capitals, tiled floor, plants in a planter, railings and lamps adorn the building. 1818
hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1818. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm (ruled border); Width: 176 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. J'ai diné (BM 2006,U.1561)
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