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

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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.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Copyright Date: [1 April 1816]
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: Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
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.
Plate from: Rowlandson, T. The world in miniature. London : Published by R. Ackermann ..., 1817.
Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner.
Title devised by cataloger.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 14.2 x 24.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1816.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 312-4, 405