18th Century Coffee
Depictions of people drinking or serving coffee in the 18th century; additional resources relating to 18th century coffeehouses are on a separate page.
Additional Resources
Le bon usage du thé, du caffé et du chocolat … (1687)
Le Parfait Limonadier (1705)
The Domestick Coffee-Man, Shewing The True Way of Preparing and Making of Chocolate, Coffee and Tea (1722)
Coffee in the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1752)
The Coffee Giver (Eine Kaffee Schenkerinn) by Balthasar Denner, 1732
A lady in a garden having coffee with children by Nicolas Lancret, probably 1742
A nobleman kissing a lady’s hand by Pietro Longhi, c. 1746
The Fortune Teller on Caſting the Coffee Grounds, c. 1750
A Venetian family with a servant serving coffee by Pietro Longhi, c. 1752
The Lavergne Family Breakfast by Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1754
A Dutch woman pouring herself coffee by Jean-Etienne Liotard, c. 1756
The Woman Taking Coffee, c. 1774
Master Lavender qualifying himself for the Army, 1781
Child greeting his parents in the morning by Barent de Bakker, 1789