Meal Collection

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Renoir
Luncheon of the Boating Party 1881 Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919 French) Oil on canvas Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. USA

Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson
An interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth

The first Thanksgiving 1621. Pilgrims and Natives gather to share meal. Date c1932

The Peasants Wedding, 1568. Bruegel, Pieter, The Elder (1525-1569). Oil on oakwood, 114 x 164 cm

England, London, Southwark, Manze Pie and Mash Shop, Plate of Pie and Mash and Liquor

Cheeseburger and chips. Processed foods, such as found, in a cheeseburger are usually low in fibre and high in fats

The Tea Table, Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Oil painting on canvas, Newlyn School, 1920. The painting shows a mealtime scene around the kitchen table. A traditional Cornish range is pictured in the background

One of the Famly - a horse joins a family meal
One of the Family by Frederick George Cotman (original in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames

Medieval dining room
Dining table of a lady of quality, 1400s. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a miniature from a French manuscript, Renaud de Montauban

Table set with a picnic lunch in a vineyard in Aquitaine, France, Europe

Nottinghamshire, UK. Melton Mowbray pork pie on handmade ceramic plate

Old Reading Abbey Whisky
Old Reading Abbey, Scotch and Irish Whisky advert with monks drinking with their meal 1900s

Breakfast by Muriel Dawson
A jolly little girl with brown hair and eyes sips from a mug decorated with a painting of a cockerel

Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s

Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Illustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877

Different type of Tuscan salami, Tuscany, Italy

Chicken nuggets being eaten with tomato sauce

Full English breakfast

Louis XIV and Moliere having breakfast
Moliere at breakfast with Louis XIV at Versailles Palace. Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a painting

Speciality dish of Cataplana, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Sunday Roast
A mouth-watering Sunday roast meal - a joint of roast beef, served with roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding

Christmas Cookery C1905
Preparing the Christmas dinner for all the family, not forgetting the kitten and the Household Gnome

Juicing carrots. The electrical juicer is pulping raw carrots to make a healthy vegetable drink. Carrots are rich in vitamin A (retinol) and also contain some fibre

Typical clay pot, tajine, for cooking traditional Moroccan meals, mud-brick village of Anammer, Ourika Valley, Atlas Mountains, Anammer, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco

Full English breakfast

A Bonzo juggling act
Bonzo, the cute canine created by artist George Studdy in The Sketch magazine during the 1920s, performs a marvellous trick by balancing a plate, cutlery

The Cellar Quartetto: Dr Syntax and companions in the wine cellar

Unhealthy breakfast of beans and a heart shapedfried egg

Dinner in an aristocratic French home, with servants attending to everyones needs

McDonalds, KFC, Starbucks, Burger King logos

Father Christmas And Donkey Eating
Father Christmas dines on a plate of spaghetti while his donkey enjoys a bowl of oats. The two are taking a break from there job at a local toy store during the Christmas holiday. Rome, Italy

Food, Cooked, Meat, Two saveloys with potato chips in an insulated polystyrene foam tray on a white background

Lin-Can advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Lin-Can tinned fruits and vegetables manufactured by Lincolnshire Canners of Boston, Lincolnshire

Private First Class Patrick C. Reams from Bakersfield
Private First Class Patrick C

Kyrenia Castle and Harbour at Dusk, Kyrenia, North Cyprus

Plastic food dishes visual menu in Osaka, Japan

First Thanksgiving
A depiction of early settlers of the Plymouth Colony sharing a harvest Thanksgiving meal with members of the local Wampanoag tribe at the Plymouth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1621

Mary Magdalene washes Jesus feet with her hair
JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE. Mary Magdalene washes Jesus feet with her hair. Stone relief, Burgundy, France, 13th century

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s
Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Italian cooks preparing a meal, 1500s
Cooks preparing food in an Italian kitchen, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Hip Hip Hurrah! Artists Party at Skagen, 1888 (Painting) by Artist Kroyer, Peder Severin (1851-1909) Danish

Falafel, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Three people at a table, photographer reflected in mirror
Three people at a table with a roast dinner and wine bottles, possibly for Thanksgiving, North America. The photographer and camera on a tripod are reflected in the mirror behind them

Beef burgers, hamburgers, on barbecue

Fresco depicting a triclinium scene from Pompeii, Italy
Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Fresco depicting a triclinium scene. From Pompei, Italy

CHAPLIN: GOLD RUSH. 1925. Charlie Chaplin eating his shoe in a scene from his film The Gold Rush, 1925

Maple syrup on homemade pancakes
Pancakes and strawberries with homemade maple syrup for breakfast. Photograph

Cold Comfort by W. Heath Robinson
An elegant device now in use in many seaside boarding houses to obviate the rather indelicate act of blowing on ones food to cool it

Victorian family saying grace before dinner
A Victorian family saying grace at the dinner table

Advertisement for Spratts meat fibrine dog foods, showing six expectant dogs awaiting their dinner. Date: c.1924

Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath Robinson
Scene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song

Good Egg by William Heath Robinson
Straight from the Hen! The Fresh-Egger, a handsome apparatus for ensuring the new-laidness of eggs for the breakfast-table. A typically convoluted invention from the mind of William Heath Robinson

Man at table carving roast, (B&W), portrait

St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - Dining Ha
The festively decorated dining-hall at the St Olave Union Workhouse, Ladywell, South London - presumably a special occasion such as Christmas or a royal celebration

Japanese Woman Cooking
A young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s

Dog and Two Children
A little black dog sits patiently while a boy and a girl hand him nice things to eat from the table

Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as ‘The Prayer without End, c.1656. Creator: Nicolaes Maes
Old Woman Saying Grace, Known as The Prayer without End, c.1656

Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c.1756. Creator: Jean-Etienne Liotard
Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c.1756

Selection of typical italian cheese in wood chopping board

Still Life with Peaches and Pears Date: 1890

Cheeseburger
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The Childrens Meal, ca 1665. Creator: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
The Childrens Meal, ca 1665. Found in the Collection of Nivaagaards Malerisamling

Banquet Still Life. Creator: Beijeren, Abraham Hendricksz, van (1620 / 21-1690)
Banquet Still Life. Found in the Collection of Liechtenstein Museum

Restaurant in the old town, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Coach party having lunch in a pub
A coach party stops for lunch in a pub. circa 1950s

Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party, with Tabitha the cat, Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits, two ducks (the Quacks), and two dogs (Rags and Forager) gathered round a long table. Date: 1914

Asia, Mongolia, Western Mongolia, Bayan-Olgii. Suhayt, inside a Ger, nomads tent
Asia, Western Mongolia, Bayan-Olgii. Suhayt, inside a Ger, nomads tent, where traditional welcoming bread, butter and red cheese curds are being served to guests, along with Mongolian milk tea

A Pan American flight attendant serves a meal to passengers on board. Photograph, c1975
PAN AMERICAN SERVICE. A Pan American flight attendant serves a meal to passengers on board. Photograph, c1975

Wartime cuisine - fish and chips
Wartime rashioning during the Second World War. A plate of steak and veg is a dream, but at least there is still fish and chips to keep the spirits up and the bellies full! Date: circa early 1940s

Sushi platter

Roast meal

Toasted cheese sandwich

Croissants. Flaky crescent-shaped puff pastry, traditionally served for breakfast

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 1946. Josette Day as Beauty and Jean Marais as the Beast in the 1946 French film directed by Jean Cocteau

Colorful and spicy Sichuan cuisine dishes use both red and green chili peppers, eaten with chopsticks, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia

Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline Baynes
A Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen

Family / Grace before Meal
Papa, mama, son and two daughters say grace before starting to eat

A lass and a lack
A panicked and sweating gentleman reaching for his wallet as he is shown a restaurant bill by a waiter. His female companion lights a cigarette and looks on nervously

Plaza de la Catedral, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Cheese nachos, Mexican food, Mexico, North America

Choucroute Garni, a selection of meat and sausages from Alsace Lorraine, France, Europe

German Country Dinner
FAMILY MEAL Three generations of an idyllic German country family partake in a family meal in a farmhouse kitchen

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"The Evolution of Meal: From the First Thanksgiving to Medieval Feasts and Modern Delights" The first Thanksgiving in 1621: A feast that marked the beginning of a cherished tradition. Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson: An inventive contraption for enjoying peas, showcasing creativity even in dining. Manze Pie and Mash Shop in Southwark, London: Indulging in a classic plate of pie and mash with liquor, a taste of England's culinary heritage. Cheeseburger and chips: A modern-day favorite that satisfies cravings with its perfect combination of flavors. The Peasants Wedding: Celebrating love with humble yet hearty meals shared among friends and family. Melton Mowbray pork pie on handmade ceramic plate from Nottinghamshire, UK: Showcasing traditional craftsmanship alongside delicious regional delicacies. One of the Family - a horse joins a family meal: Illustrating how animals can become partakers in our mealtimes, creating unique bonds over food. The Tea Table by Harold Harvey (1874-1941): Capturing the elegance and refinement associated with tea time rituals throughout history. Christmas Day in the Workhouse: Reminding us to appreciate every meal as some have faced hardships where even basic sustenance was scarce during festive times. Old Reading Abbey Whisky paired with delectable dishes: Exploring how fine spirits complement exceptional cuisine for an elevated dining experience. Big Fat Cockroaches go out to lunch - an unexpected encounter reminding us that nature too has its own version of meals. Medieval dining room ambiance recreated today – stepping back into time while savoring exquisite feasts fit for kings and queens.