Mealtime Collection (#3)

Votaries of the Weed No 30 (colour litho)
8660517 Votaries of the Weed No 30 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 30)

Burmah / Myanmar: Group of Phongyees at Breakfast (b/w photo)
8639003 Burmah / Myanmar: Group of Phongyees at Breakfast (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of Phongyees at Breakfast)

Tomato soup (colour photo)
8658473 Tomato soup (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tomato soup. Illustration for Practical Cookery for All (Odhams)

Orange sundaes (colour photo)
8658461 Orange sundaes (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Orange sundaes)

Treacle Tart and Cold Chocolate Souffle (colour photo)
8658457 Treacle Tart and Cold Chocolate Souffle (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Treacle Tart and Cold Chocolate Souffle)

Chocolate Mocha Cake (colour photo)
8658456 Chocolate Mocha Cake (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chocolate Mocha Cake)

Death of Sertorius at the Banquet (engraving)
8658571 Death of Sertorius at the Banquet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Sertorius at the Banquet)

Fork out if you want a spoon, if not, look sharp and cut (colour litho)
8635541 Fork out if you want a spoon, if not, look sharp and cut (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fork out if you want a spoon, if not)

Fireside joys (engraving)
8635197 Fireside joys (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fireside joys; family sitting by the fire)

Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho)
8634860 Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistoric diet)

A nursery breakfast (colour photo)
8657607 A nursery breakfast (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A nursery breakfast)

Covering a cake with marzipan (b/w photo)
8657682 Covering a cake with marzipan (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Covering a cake with marzipan)

Using up hard-boiled eggs (b/w photo)
8657676 Using up hard-boiled eggs (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Using up hard-boiled eggs)

Making economical stock (b/w photo)
8657671 Making economical stock (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making economical stock)

For the Christmas dinner (b/w photo)
8657662 For the Christmas dinner (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: For the Christmas dinner)

For summer time (b/w photo)
8657657 For summer time (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: For summer time)

An easily made sweet (b/w photo)
8657650 An easily made sweet (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An easily made sweet)

Preserving the fruit harvest (b/w photo)
8657646 Preserving the fruit harvest (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preserving the fruit harvest)

When eggs are cheapest (b/w photo)
8657645 When eggs are cheapest (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: When eggs are cheapest)

The slimming breakfast (b/w photo)
8657641 The slimming breakfast (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The slimming breakfast)

An empire mincemeat (b/w photo)
8657637 An empire mincemeat (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An empire mincemeat)

How to carve capercailzie (b/w photo)
8657630 How to carve capercailzie (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How to carve capercailzie)

How to carve ham (b/w photo)
8657629 How to carve ham (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How to carve ham)

Modern methods of cooking (b/w photo)
8657628 Modern methods of cooking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern methods of cooking)

Lost London: Queen's Bench Prison, the Canteen (litho)
8662159 Lost London: Queen's Bench Prison, the Canteen (litho) by Crowther, John (1837-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen's Bench Prison, the Canteen)

Mixed spa bathing with feasting and music (woodcut)
8663772 Mixed spa bathing with feasting and music (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mixed spa bathing with feasting and music, 1519)

Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus on a hunt (colour litho)
8663532 Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus on a hunt (colour litho) by Vasnetsov, Victor Mikhailovich (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vladimir II Monomakh)

Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving)
8638749 Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Poor Invited to the Feast (engraving)
8633834 The Poor Invited to the Feast (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Poor Invited to the Feast)

The Chimneypiece of the Banqueting Room, Croome Court (b/w photo)
8639462 The Chimneypiece of the Banqueting Room, Croome Court (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chimneypiece of the Banqueting Room)

Scenes from the Gospels, 10th Century (colour litho)
8672844 Scenes from the Gospels, 10th Century (colour litho) by German school, (10th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes from the Gospels)

Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo)
8671506 Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Haymaking)

Banquet of the Highland Society, Edinburgh (engraving)
8676435 Banquet of the Highland Society, Edinburgh (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Banquet of the Highland Society, Bonnington Park, Edinburgh)

The Derby (engraving)
8677173 The Derby (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Derby. Illustration from The Illustrated News of the World, 1 June, 1861.); © Look and Learn

Dorchester Camp: The Canteen (b/w photo)
8670194 Dorchester Camp: The Canteen (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Canteen. Dorchester Camp)

Trade's Cake Book: Decorated Gateaux, Horse-shoes Gateau, Butterfly Gateau, Pineapple Gateau
8674469 Trade's Cake Book: Decorated Gateaux, Horse-shoes Gateau, Butterfly Gateau, Pineapple Gateau, "Good Luck" Gateau (coloured photo) by English Photographer

Trade's Cake Book: Biscuits, Fleur d'Orange, Pressburg Biscuits, Langes de Chat, Almond Shavings
8674403 Trade's Cake Book: Biscuits, Fleur d'Orange, Pressburg Biscuits, Langes de Chat, Almond Shavings, Coconut Drops, Moss Biscuit, Wine Crescents, Wine Biscuits, Queen's Drops

Trade's Cake Book: Almond Biscuits, Dutch Macaroons, Berliners, Coconut Macaroons, Solferinos, Almond Apricotines
8674401 Trade's Cake Book: Almond Biscuits, Dutch Macaroons, Berliners, Coconut Macaroons, Solferinos, Almond Apricotines, Dutch Macaroons

Trade's Cake Book: Specimens of Scroll Piping (coloured photo)
8674393 Trade's Cake Book: Specimens of Scroll Piping (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Specimens of Scroll Piping)

Trade's Cake Book: Piped Flowers, White Narcissi, Yellow Narcissi, Red Roses, Primroses, Violets (coloured photo)
8674390 Trade's Cake Book: Piped Flowers, White Narcissi, Yellow Narcissi, Red Roses, Primroses, Violets (coloured photo) by English Photographer

Trade's Cake Book: Fancy Pastries, Meringue Fancy, Pommes de Terre, Malvernians, Meringue Fancy
8674409 Trade's Cake Book: Fancy Pastries, Meringue Fancy, Pommes de Terre, Malvernians, Meringue Fancy, Chocolate Bismarcks, Meringue Fancy, Decorated Sponge, Fancy, Hazelnut Meringue Genoese

Trade's Cake Book: Selection of Fancy Gateaux (b/w photo)
8674406 Trade's Cake Book: Selection of Fancy Gateaux (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Selection of Fancy Gateaux)

Trade's Cake Book: Variety of Frangipane Fancies (coloured photo)
8674405 Trade's Cake Book: Variety of Frangipane Fancies (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Variety of Frangipane Fancies)

Trade's Cake Book: Petits Fours Sec (coloured photo)
8674402 Trade's Cake Book: Petits Fours Sec (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Petits Fours Sec)

Trade's Cake Book: Examples of Lettering and Writing (coloured photo)
8674396 Trade's Cake Book: Examples of Lettering and Writing (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Examples of Lettering and Writing)

Banquet for General Sir Archdale Wilson at the Oriental Club, London (engraving)
8676396 Banquet for General Sir Archdale Wilson at the Oriental Club, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The rich man's feast and the poor man's lamb (litho)
8676061 The rich man's feast and the poor man's lamb (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The rich man's feast and the poor man's lamb)

Punch's first dining room, Crown Inn, Vinegar Yard (litho)
8675779 Punch's first dining room, Crown Inn, Vinegar Yard (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch's first dining room, Crown Inn, Vinegar Yard)

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"Mealtime: A Journey Through Art, History, and Culture" Step into the world as we explore various artworks and historical moments that depict this universal human experience. From heartwarming family gatherings to extravagant feasts, these captivating images reveal the significance of sharing a meal together. In Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece "The Harvesters, " we witness a scene from rural life where hardworking peasants take a break to enjoy their midday meal. The horse grazing nearby becomes one of the family, reminding us that even our animal companions can be part of our mealtimes. Moving forward in time, Harold Harvey's painting "The Tea Table" transports us to an elegant Victorian setting. With delicate china cups and dainty treats laid out on the table, it captures the refined ritual of afternoon tea – a cherished tradition still enjoyed today. Humor takes center stage in Punch cartoon's engraving titled "A Warning - Wagners Ring Cycle. " As characters indulge in food during intermission at an opera performance, it playfully reminds us not to let our appetite distract from cultural experiences. Exploring diversity in dining experiences, we encounter a colored photograph capturing a black man enjoying a large watermelon. This image prompts reflection on how food has been used both as sustenance and as symbols laden with racial stereotypes throughout history. Delving into ancient Rome's eccentricities, an engraving portrays Emperor Caligula entertaining his favorite horse Incitatus at supper. This bizarre depiction highlights how power can sometimes lead to peculiar indulgences beyond imagination. Shifting gears towards sporting events brings us to "The Wappenshaw: A Shooting Match. " Oil on paper showcases Scottish soldiers gathering for target practice before sitting down together for hearty meals – camaraderie forged through shared activities and nourishment alike. In William Heath Robinson's whimsical illustration "Good Egg, " breakfast becomes an imaginative adventure filled with contraptions and inventions.