18th Century Coffee

Last updated: Jan 5, 2024

Depictions of people drinking or serving coffee in the 18th century; additional resources relating to 18th century coffeehouses are on a separate page.

• 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
• Telling Fortune in Coffee Grounds, 1790