A Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics
Satirical Etching
ca. 1809 (etched)
ca. 1809 (etched)
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Attendance at public lectures is a leisure activity with a long history. The audience member who knows, or thinks he knows, more than the speaker is a recurring feature of these events.
This caricature has a gentler aspect to it than many earlier examples dating from the eighteenth century. The representation of the keen speaker leaning over his table, the interested and attentive dog, and the polite local, anxious to put the incomer straight, are all rendered with some sympathy.
This caricature has a gentler aspect to it than many earlier examples dating from the eighteenth century. The representation of the keen speaker leaning over his table, the interested and attentive dog, and the polite local, anxious to put the incomer straight, are all rendered with some sympathy.
Object details
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| Title | A Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching coloured by hand |
| Brief description | 'A Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics', etching, Isaac Cruikshank after George Moutard Woodward, London, ca. 1809 |
| Physical description | Satirical etching |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
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| Summary | Attendance at public lectures is a leisure activity with a long history. The audience member who knows, or thinks he knows, more than the speaker is a recurring feature of these events. This caricature has a gentler aspect to it than many earlier examples dating from the eighteenth century. The representation of the keen speaker leaning over his table, the interested and attentive dog, and the polite local, anxious to put the incomer straight, are all rendered with some sympathy. |
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| Accession number | E.1225-1990 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2007 |
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