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An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: c. 1815Reference: 10937i
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Crimean War: Barrack Hospital kitchen, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Dalziel Bros after H.G. Hine.
Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895.Reference: 21103i
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A woman inn-keeper and her cook stand outside the hotel watching the arrival of a coach in the high street. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
Jazet, Alexandre Jean Louis, 1814-Date: [1843]Reference: 30683i
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A Paria cook and wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28482i
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Boer War: hospital cooks preparing food in the open air. Halftone, c.1900.
Date: 1900Reference: 23532i
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Wormwood Scrubs prison, London: four cooks in prison uniform standing in a line in front of buckets and baskets. Process print after P. Renouard, 1889.
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.Date: [1889]Reference: 37857i
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Constantinople: the head cook in the imperial household. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.
Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, 1671-1737.Date: [1714]Reference: 2498799i
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Servants taking food to their master; illustrating a scene in Murer's play 'Edessa'. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26706i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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Lord Lyndhurst, as a cook with a large ladle in his hand, is roasting beef on the spit as a large kettle boils. Etching by W. Heath, 1829.
Heath, William, 1795-1840Date: Oct.10th 1829Reference: 29702i
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A cook holding a saucepan and wooden spoon, while in the background another cook roasts meat on a spit. Woodcut by J. Amman.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 34947i
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Kitchen assistants peeling vegetables. Etching by T.A. Ribot.
Ribot, Théodule, 1823-1891.Date: [1863]Reference: 29468i
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Cooked : a natural history of transformation / Michael Pollan.
Pollan, MichaelDate: 2013
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A cook complains about a burnt dish to another cook who is chopping onions. Etching by T. Ribot.
Ribot, Théodule, 1823-1891.Date: [1863]Reference: 29465i
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Chefs at work in a kitchen on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.
Date: [1919]Reference: 586737i
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Dr William Kitchiner : Regency eccentric author of The cook's oracle / by Tom Bridge & Colin Cooper English.
Bridge, Tom (Cook)Date: 1992
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Crimean War: A.B. Soyer's kitchen camp. Wood engraving, 1855.
Date: 22 September 1855Reference: 21097i
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Crimean War: A.B. Soyer's Barrack Hospital kitchens in Scutari. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21109i
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"Madame Petit" and her cook: a woman holding a dish out to a man wearing an apron and a cook's hat. Etching by A. Pond, 1741, after P.L. Ghezzi.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755.Date: 1741Reference: 32857i
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Savour British flavours of the season / Fortnum & Mason.
Fortnum & Mason (Firm)Date: 2003
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Indian pastry chef and wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28985i
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A woman takes a large plum pudding in a cloth bag off a hot stove in a kitchen. Etching by R. Seymour.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1830-1839Reference: 29462i

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An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.

Crimean War: Barrack Hospital kitchen, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Dalziel Bros after H.G. Hine.

A woman inn-keeper and her cook stand outside the hotel watching the arrival of a coach in the high street. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.

A Paria cook and wife. Gouache drawing.

Boer War: hospital cooks preparing food in the open air. Halftone, c.1900.

Wormwood Scrubs prison, London: four cooks in prison uniform standing in a line in front of buckets and baskets. Process print after P. Renouard, 1889.

Constantinople: the head cook in the imperial household. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

Servants taking food to their master; illustrating a scene in Murer's play 'Edessa'. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Lord Lyndhurst, as a cook with a large ladle in his hand, is roasting beef on the spit as a large kettle boils. Etching by W. Heath, 1829.

A cook holding a saucepan and wooden spoon, while in the background another cook roasts meat on a spit. Woodcut by J. Amman.

Kitchen assistants peeling vegetables. Etching by T.A. Ribot.

Cooked : a natural history of transformation / Michael Pollan.

A cook complains about a burnt dish to another cook who is chopping onions. Etching by T. Ribot.

Chefs at work in a kitchen on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Dr William Kitchiner : Regency eccentric author of The cook's oracle / by Tom Bridge & Colin Cooper English.

Crimean War: A.B. Soyer's kitchen camp. Wood engraving, 1855.

Crimean War: A.B. Soyer's Barrack Hospital kitchens in Scutari. Wood engraving.

"Madame Petit" and her cook: a woman holding a dish out to a man wearing an apron and a cook's hat. Etching by A. Pond, 1741, after P.L. Ghezzi.

Savour British flavours of the season / Fortnum & Mason.

Indian pastry chef and wife. Gouache drawing.

A woman takes a large plum pudding in a cloth bag off a hot stove in a kitchen. Etching by R. Seymour.