Anglo-Gallic salutations in London, or, Practice makes perfect [graphic]

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Title
Anglo-Gallic salutations in London, or, Practice makes perfect [graphic]
Alternative Title
Practice makes perfect
Creator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Contributor
McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created
Augt. 1st, 1835.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Description
Two newly arrived Frenchmen meet on the pavement outside the door of the White Bear (Piccadilly). Their speech and appearance amuse two girls who have just passed (left), and a stable-boy and coachman (right) and the fact that a dog is urinating on the boot of the tall man on the left who is unaware of this action. They wear supposedly English dress: breeches and boots, top-hats with small high crowns, reversing the shape of the prevailing bell-shaped topper (cf. BM Satires 14438). One (right) wears a multi-caped coat (carrick, see BM Satires 12375) and carries its skirts looped over his arm; against his shoulder he holds a huge (furled) umbrella. Their words are below the title: "Gode a Morning Sare, did it rain tow Marrow?--"Yase it vas"--. Above the door is a carved polar bear. In the window (left) above a green blind appear a tureen, bottle, &c.; placards hang against the panes offering Hashed Tongue, Soup Meagre, Hotch Potch, and Mock [Turtle]. On the right of the door is the entrance to the coach-office: The Original White Bear Inn. Coach & Waggon Office--The Original Paris Coach Office. Advertisements and place-names flank the doorway: (left) Expeditio--French English Made Easy; P[aris] & Dover Dilligence & Jumbling Ease, (right) Deal, Dover, Brighton, Paris, Calis. On the right is the entrance to the inn-yard in which stands a coach. -- From the British Museum online catalogue with additional comments.
Title from caption below image.
Lines of dialogue below title: "Gode a morning sare, did it rain towmorrow? "Yase it vas."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Companion print to: Anglo-Parisian salutations, or, Practice par excellence!
Reissue of no. 14440 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10; originally published June 6, 1822, by G. Humphrey.
Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 113.
Provenance
Caricatures II; September 1968;
Extent
1 print : sheet 25.5 x 35 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
835.08.01.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1822
Etchings England London 1835
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
City & town life
Dogs
Umbrellas
Stores & shops
Taverns (Inns)
Urination
Subjects
City & town life
Dogs
Umbrellas
Stores & shops
Taverns (Inns)
Urination
England > 1822
England > London > 1835
19th century

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Orbis Record
9709163
Object ID (OID)
10971450

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