Symptoms of the Shop
Caricature
14 May 1801 (first published)
14 May 1801 (first published)
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Two men converse. Satire on an ennobled former shopkeeper, from a series of satirical prints on professions/occupations.
Object details
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| Title | Symptoms of the Shop (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | hand-coloured etching |
| Brief description | Franciscus Sansom, after George Woodward. 'Symptoms of the Shop.' Two men converse. Satire on a shopkeeper turned courtier. May 14, 1801. Published London, by Fores |
| Physical description | Two men converse. Satire on an ennobled former shopkeeper, from a series of satirical prints on professions/occupations. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Top right-hand corner, 'Plate 3'
Figure on the left, in court dress: "I beg Sir - you will not touch upon curiosities, - you must know Sir - before they made a Knight of me, I kept a shop full of curiosities - oh it would have done your heart good to have seen me behind my counter, shewing my pickled Crocodiles! - but now, I look with my sword sticking out behind exactly like a blue bottle fly, with a pin stuck in my tail !!"
Figure on the right: "You are the very thing Sir for a court dress - you are absolutely a curiosity"
Lettered along the bottom: 'Pub. May 14th 1801, by S.W. Fores, No 50 Piccadilly/ Prints and Drawings lent on the plan of a Library/ Folio's of Caracutures [sic] lent out for the Evening'
Title lettered: 'Symptoms of the Shop'/ Drawn by G. Woodward Etch'd by F. Sansom' |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs. Gabrielle Enthoven. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928. |
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| Accession number | E.1534-1927 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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