“- Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by cannibals. - No, Sir.... and the proof is that, if you want, I am going to make you eat an excellent fricassee of game in a white wine sauce. - A fricassee of game ....oh, then it's different..... we are with the Chatophages. (note:cat-eaters),” plate 2 from Les Canotiers Parisiens 1843

This lithograph, titled “- Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by cannibals. - No, Sir.... and the proof is that, if you want, I am going to make you eat an excellent fricassee of game in a white wine sauce. - A fricassee of game ....oh, then it's different..... we are with the Chatophages. (note:cat-eaters)," is a satirical illustration from Honoré Daumier’s series Les Canotiers Parisiens (The Parisian Boatmen) published in 1843. The scene depicts three men in conversation. One is a boatman with a long fishing rod, the other a man with a hat and the third, a chef in a white apron. This humorous portrayal of a cook offering a fricassee of game in a white wine sauce instead of human flesh to a group of people who believed they were about to be eaten is typical of Daumier's work that often poked fun at the social and political issues of his day. The print uses dramatic composition and a strong contrast of light and shadow, characteristic of Daumier's style, to emphasize the irony of the situation. The artwork can be found in the Art Institute of Chicago.