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.”
- Printmaker: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker.
- Title: Turtle soup. Soup maigre. Pea soup. Mutton broth [graphic].
- Publication: [London] : [William Cole], [1826?]
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Acquired September 2023
A man sits in an armchair facing right, resting his gouty left foot on a footrest; a cane rests between his legs. He rings a bell and looks over his right shoulder at a young servant who is leaving the room through a door on the left. A hill is visible through a window on the right.