[Seashore scene with pretty oyster girl carrying basket and other figures] [graphic].

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11803436

Description

Title
[Seashore scene with pretty oyster girl carrying basket and other figures] [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created
[1 April 1816]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. April 1, 1816, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Abstract

"Scene on the seashore, with a pretty oyster girl with a basket over her arm standing at right, another young woman examining the oysters, a young man with his hand on the oyster girl's shoulder and another man leering from behind; a young girl and her suitor sitting on the ground at right, an old, hunched couple sitting looking on at left, cannons and anchor on the ground in front; shipping on the sea behind."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title devised by cataloger.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Rowlandson, T. The world in miniature. London : Published by R. Ackermann ..., 1817.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides with loss of plate number from upper right. Plate number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1860,0211.35.
Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
Provenance
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent
1 print : sheet 14.2 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 14

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Etchings England London 1816
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > London > 1816
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12925736
Object ID (OID)
11803436

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