[Culinary Parody – Fan]

A Marriage Feast. A Parody.

Dublin: Hibernia Magazine, [circa 1810-11].

Uncut, engraved sheet in the shape of a hand fan (32.5 x 50 cm.). Printed verso only. A parodic table setting. The image depicts the table for a “Marriage Feast”, with a main table and dessert and liquor side tables. The tables are decorated with cupids, arrows and quivers, doves, and paired lovebirds. The names of the dishes reveal the conceit, with “Devine Part of a Man Boiled” and “An Unruly Member Garnished”. Mounted in a simple matte. Light creases at folds lines, otherwise fine.

Price: $1,200.00