[The retort courteous] [art original].

Description

Title: [The retort courteous] [art original].
Creator: Finucane, Mathias, active 1797-1811, artist
Published / Created: [1797]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A man stands at a shop door leaning on a cask while looking at another man sitting on the pavement who is pointing towards the man. Canisters of tea are displayed in the shop window
Description: Title from published print based on this original drawing: The Retort Courteous.
See British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 7, no. 9114.
Inscription in pencil lower left, below the image: Original.
Inscription in ink on verso: The Country and proud London Stone. Finnucane.
Inscription in pencil on verso: Original drawing by Finucane for "The Retort Courteous" BM 9114 published 1 August 1797 by Laurie and Whittle.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 17.5 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 25 x 35.2 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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Citation: Mathias Finucane, The Retort Courteous. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.