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| Keywords: Banchetul noueĭ direcţiĭ la borta rece patronat de Muerilă, Ghimpele, 16 nov 1875.JPG en Banchetul noueĭ direcţiĭ la borta rece patronat de Muerilă Banquet of the new direction at the cool hole with Womanizer as its patron cartoon published in Ghimpele the Romanian liberal magazine The joke references Junimea a literary society and conservative political club whose program was a strong critique of liberal ideology With this and other cartoons Ghimpele picks up on rumors that Junimea meetings had degenerated into bacchanals Junimea leader Titu Maiorescu who served as Minister of Education is the central figure; his Ministry is a giant barrel with naked human legs and a stopper for a sex organ Maiorescu who distributes jugs of alcohol among his clients and the loose women entertaining them is referred to as Muerilă Womanizer a reference to his involvement in several sex scandals The cool hole is a reference to a famous restaurant in Iaşi city - known in reality as Bolta Rece The Cool Vault it was managed by Avram Amira and frequented by the Junimea men Ghimpele 47/1875 available through the Bucharest City Library http //digitool dc bmms ro 8881/R/3YEN91RDQHN2LLAT98CMIIVH6GP3F19S45D2I6YYIM6AN3KQEN-00734 func search DacoRomanica archive unknown/uncredited 1875-11-16 Ghimpele Iași in the 19th century Bars in Romania Banquets in art Alcohol in art Prostitution in Romania Caricatures of Titu Maiorescu 1875 in Romania 1875 cartoons 1870s political cartoons PD-Art | ||||
