The Dinner, a white couple being served and fanned by black slaves, Jean-Baptiste Debret, before 1830

The dinner, an 1839 lithograph that drives home the great divide between master and servant, is the work of french artist jean-baptiste debret (1768-1848) who spent 15 years in brazil capturing the daily life of a society built on slavery. Date: before 1830. Dimensions: 16 x 13 cm (6,2 x 5,0 in). Medium: watercolor painting. Collection: Itaú Cultural. A Brazilian family in Rio de Janeiro