Turtle soup. Soup maigre. Pea soup. Mutton broth [graphic].

Description

Title: Turtle soup. Soup maigre. Pea soup. Mutton broth [graphic].
Creator: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Contributor: Cole, William, active 1821-1827, publisher.
Published / Created: [1826?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: William Cole
Abstract: Four caricatures of men eating soup each type identified below the image: a rich man with rhinophyma eats "Turtle Soup"; a tall, thin soldier with a queue hairstyle eats "Soup Maigre"; a dustman eats "Pea Soup"; and a thin man in an upholstered armchair and wearing a cap and slippers eats "Mutton Broth."
Description: Title from captions below image.
Attribution to Henry Heath and questionable year of publication from description in British Museum catalogue of the first print in the series. See no. 15181 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10.
Publisher information from imprint "Pubd. by William Cole, 10, Newgate Street" on second print in the series. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 826.00.00.86+.
Description based on an imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; September 2023.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 20 x 36 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English