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A Fat Drunkard
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A Fat Drunkard

Date1840
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 190 x 154 mm. (7 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.)
Image: 125 x 75 mm. (4 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineThe George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object number1996.48.7328
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Yes, one could say that I am a drunkard...
Yes, one could say that I am a drunkard...
1843-1844
Image Not Available for The Oyster. (You'll wake me up at dinner time.) Big, fat, thick, plump, greedy, wakes up only for the purpose of taking in food and sleeps only for the purpose of digesting it. The oyster does not eat for living, but lives for eating. Its locomotive and industrial apparatus are non existent. It vegetates on the spot and its existence is manifested only by the exactitude, the number and the quality of the meals. The entire energy of the oyster is located in the stomach. One might call it an animal of pleasure, its only mission in life being to consume without working, while others work without consuming. It seems to be perfectly at ease with this providential mission. (Lacépède – Natural History.)
The Oyster. (You'll wake me up at dinner time.) Big, fat, thick, plump, greedy, wakes up only for the purpose of taking in food and sleeps only for the purpose of digesting it. The oyster does not eat for living, but lives for eating. Its locomotive and industrial apparatus are non existent. It vegetates on the spot and its existence is manifested only by the exactitude, the number and the quality of the meals. The entire energy of the oyster is located in the stomach. One might call it an animal of pleasure, its only mission in life being to consume without working, while others work without consuming. It seems to be perfectly at ease with this providential mission.
(Lacépède – Natural History.)
1837
Image Not Available for How much I regret. / My arms once so strong, / My legs never fat / And nothing went wrong (an ancient song)
How much I regret. / My arms once so strong, / My legs never fat / And nothing went wrong (an ancient song)
1840
Image Not Available for Big, Fat and...Constitutional
Big, Fat and...Constitutional
1833
Image Not Available for The Gambler (recto); The Drunkard (verso)
The Gambler (recto); The Drunkard (verso)
n.d.
Image Not Available for The Drunkard's Death
The Drunkard's Death
n.d.
Image Not Available for Drunkard with jug in one hand and glass in the other
Drunkard with jug in one hand and glass in the other
1755-1771
Image Not Available for 37. The Miser 38. The Robber 39. The Drunkards 40. The Gamblers
37. The Miser 38. The Robber 39. The Drunkards 40. The Gamblers
1780
Image Not Available for Baby Thelma Fat Girl
Baby Thelma Fat Girl
1940
Image Not Available for One Kills the Fat Calf
One Kills the Fat Calf
1634
Image Not Available for Charles III the Fat
Charles III the Fat
1738
Image Not Available for Fragment of fat god
Fragment of fat god
100-750