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(French, 1808–1879)
Un Dîner chez Véry [A Dinner at Véry's (Restaurant)], 19th century
Lithograph
Gift of Frederick B. Artz, 1937.30
This haughty bourgeois has just dined at a chic Parisian restaurant. He has enjoyed his night out on the town, but will soon have to answer to his wife, who controls the purse strings. Founded in 1805 and blown up by anarchists in 1892, Véry’s restaurant catered to a well-to-do bourgeois cli-entele.
Enfin ! je viens donc de dîner en garçon ! ... oui ! mais ma femme m'a confié un louis et il me reste ... soixante centimes !
I've finally gotten to have dinner out with my friends... yes, but my wife gave me a louis and I've only got sixty centimes left!
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Un Dîner chez Véry
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Un Dîner chez Véry [A Dinner at Véry's (Restaurant)], 19th century Lithograph Gift of Frederick B. Artz, 1937.30
This haughty bourgeois has just dined at a chic Parisian restaurant. He has enjoyed his night out on the town, but will soon have to answer to his wife, who controls the purse strings. Founded in 1805 and blown up by anarchists in 1892, Véry’s restaurant catered to a well-to-do bourgeois cli-entele.
Enfin ! je viens donc de dîner en garçon ! ... oui ! mais ma femme m'a confié un louis et il me reste ... soixante centimes !
I've finally gotten to have dinner out with my friends... yes, but my wife gave me a louis and I've only got sixty centimes left!