A French gourmet eating a roast chicken with one hand and pouring a glass of red wine with the other. He dines alone at a table while a hunting dog looks on. Portrait du gourmand. Woodcut by Huyot after an illustration by Carle Vernet from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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