This is a drawing of an illustration showing a humorous note on rising soap prices. The image features a cartoon-style illustration of two hands pulling on a face with exaggerated features. There is handwritten text above the illustration that reads "Expected Alarming Rise in the Price of Soap!!!" The rest of the page contains a note written in cursive, discussing the implications of rising soap prices and suggesting purchasing soap before the price increase. The overall tone of the image is satirical, possibly mocking commercial or economic concerns in a lighthearted manner.
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This is a drawing of an illustration showing a humorous note on rising soap prices. The image features a cartoon-style illustration of two hands pulling on a face with exaggerated features. There is handwritten text above the illustration that reads "Expected Alarming Rise in the Price of Soap!!!" The rest of the page contains a note written in cursive, discussing the implications of rising soap prices and suggesting purchasing soap before the price increase. The overall tone of the image is satirical, possibly mocking commercial or economic concerns in a lighthearted manner.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Expected--alarming rise in the price of soap!"

George Cruikshank

Medium
pen and brown ink with pink, blue, brown, and green wash
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 18.5 x 21.9 cm (7 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1944.12.1
Credit line
Gift of Dr. Clements C. Fry
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • caricature
Inscription

in artist's hand, across top: Expected / alarming rise in the price of / soup!; across bottom: (ten lines oftext ); center right: GC (signature)

NGA object ID 30658. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.