Soup Shop Politicians A scene in a soup shop. A banner across the top reads: 'Portable Soup for Home Consumption' There a people seated in booths around the room. Seated on a bench on the left is a man reading a newspaper, whilst another man, wearing a brown coat and black hat and standing up looks towards a hatch on the right with the sign 'Coffee, Tea, Chocolate' across the top and two women inside, one large and old, the other, younger woman is talking to a man in military dress. In the foreground are two men in bag-wigs conversing, and a man holding a crutch, whose foot is being stepped on by one of two waiters carrying soup tureens. 30 Aug 1783