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

George Cruikshank

Associated Names
George Cruikshank

Artist, British, 1792 - 1878

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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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with pink, blue, brown, and green wash

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Clements C. Fry

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 18.5 x 21.9 cm (7 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.12.1


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64571330

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