"An elderly man in old-fashioned dress stands at his desk, his right hand on an open ledger, looking down with a calculating grimace. He wears a night-cap and slippers; a pen is behind his ear. His high stool is behind him. In the background another elderly man writes seated at a desk. Papers spiked on files hang from the wall, and lie on the floor, with folio volumes. An 'Invoice' is pasted on the wall. Above a high shelf is the date '1800' etched over '1787', with 'R. 1788'."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's stamp located in lower right corner of sheet: S·W·F., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture -- Desks -- Male costume -- Night-cap -- Slippers -- Money scrivners -- Scrivner's shops., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801 by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly
