London Print Shop
In the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries, print shops were distinctive features of London, offering caricatures for sale or evening rental, and providing free entertainment for passersby. In this example, George M. Woodward presents contrasting reactions from two men looking at caricatures of themselves in the window: Parson Puzzletext is angry, while Captain Ruiz advises calm because caricaturists “like to see people in a passion.” Woodward focused mainly on middle- and lower-class subjects in the more than 500 popular prints he created.
In the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries, print shops were distinctive features of London, offering caricatures for sale or evening rental, and providing free entertainment for passersby. In this example, George M. Woodward presents contrasting reactions from two men looking at caricatures of themselves in the window: Parson Puzzletext is angry, while Captain Ruiz advises calm because caricaturists “like to see people in a passion.” Woodward focused mainly on middle- and lower-class subjects in the more than 500 popular prints he created.