Caricature of Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1851-1916) and Frederick Guthrie (1833-1886) mb-code 1239087 Traders are at their fruit

Traders are at their fruit and vegetable stalls

dedicated to the King of ye Gypsies as an encourager of Art &c'

Pencil inscription verso: '2769/4'

Bagnigge Wells was a popular spa which thrived from 1760 to the end of the eighteenth century

is Man an Ape of an Angel

Caricature of Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1851-1916) and Frederick Guthrie (1833-1886) mb-code 1239087 Traders are at their fruitSketch contrasting a self portrait by S P Thompson relaxing on a beach at Douglas, Isle of Man and Frederick Guthrie, lecturing to students. Thompson is seated on an extravagant rocking chair, smoking and smelling a flower, with a discarded book [Ouida presumably a reference to Under Two Flags (1867)]. Guthrie is shown at a lecture theatre bench, before a Bunsen burner and other equipment, with his nose to a grindstone. Drawing is inscribed: 'Look on