Glutton

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A man with a pig's head and armed with a large fork looks at a soldier behind him

Gluttony kills more than the sword.

Artist

Name:: Grandville, J.-J.
Dates:: 1803-1847
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Ottawa Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Cent proverbes
Authors:: Achard, Amédée; Delord, Taxile; Frémy, Arnould; Old Nick (Émile Daurand Forgues)
Publisher:: Paris: Henri Fournier, 1845
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Description:

An overweight man with a pig’s head stands behind a small heap of food armed with a large fork and a spit and looking defiantly behind him at a soldier wearing a cuirass and carrying a sword.

The caption reads in the original French: La gourmandise a tué plus de gens que l’épée.

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