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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Summer Amusement at Margate, or a peep at the mermaids. 1 - 1 Sep 1813
24.6 x 35.1 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810891
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A hand-coloured print of a group of men avidly watching naked women bathing in the sea. Bathing machines stand on the shoreline. The men hold telescopes to ther eyes to get a closer view. An angry wife hits her husband with her parasol. Another group of men stand on top of the roof of a Circulating Library also with telescopes as they watch the women. Inscribed in the plate: 211 / Rowlandson Del / Price one shilling coloured / Pub[lishe]d September 1st 1813 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside
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24.6 x 35.1 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
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BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 12144Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 12144
