[The retort courteous] [art original].Finucane, Mathias, active 1797-1811, artist[1797]engA 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 windowTitle 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.