A large man carrying a tankard and a wooden half-barrel is singing, representing Jean Ramponneau and his drinking establishment in Paris, Engraving, 1760.

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[1760]
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29504i
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A large man carrying a tankard and a wooden half-barrel is singing, representing Jean Ramponneau and his drinking establishment in Paris, Engraving, 1760. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Left and centre background, drunk youths brawling. Right background, drinkers seated together at a table, one of them vomiting. Top right, the shop-sign of Ramponneau's establishment with motto "Ramponeau Au tambour royal. Tout ce qui vient de la flute retourne au tambour", with pictures of a drum and a flute player. In a window Madame Ramponneau appears, calling down to her husband

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Paris (rue St. Jacques au Coq) : chez Charpentier, [1760]

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1 print : engraving

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Portrait de Mr. Ramponeau, cabartier de la basse Courtille en bonet de nuit. Chanson, sur l'air. Allons chez Ramponeau. Chantons d'un ton burlesque, ... Boire du vin nouveau. Permis de distribuer 13 Mars 1760 De Sartine. "Cabartier": i.e. cabaretier Words of the song below the portrait: "Chantons d'un ton burlesque, / Le fameux Ramponeau: / Sa figure grotesque / Egaye le cerveau. / Le voila Ramponeau! / Admirez qu'il est beau! (bis) / Tout Paris court en foule / Etrangers et badaux: / On se bat, on se roule / Comme de vrais nigauds, / Pour chanter Ramponeau / Boire du vin nouveau. (bis)"

References note

Georges Duplessis, Inventaire de la collection d'estampes relatives à l'histoire de France, léguée en 1863 à la Bibliothèque nationale par M. Michel Hennin. vol. III, Paris 1880, p. 237, no. 9094

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Wellcome Collection 29504i

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