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Summer amusement at Margate, or, A peep at the mermaids / Rowlandson del.

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

Summer amusement at Margate, or, A peep at the mermaids / Rowlandson del.

[London] : by Thos Tegg No. 111 Cheapside, [1813]
etching, hand colored
image: 217 x 328 mm; sheet: 256 x 330 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.727
Notes
Library's copy closely trimmed with probable loss of date and series title.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

In the foreground is a low cliff or bank overlooking the sands; from this four elderly men are eagerly and delightedly looking through telescopes at naked ladies disporting in the sea. An angry woman (right) tugs at the coat-tails of one of them; she has a tiny sunshade, and like her husband is grossly fat. Bathing machines are in the water, with hoods covering the steps to the sea. A fat bathing woman pushes a lady up the steps of a machine. Behind the spectators is a 'Circulating Library'; above the lower floors is a large balcony from which more men are gazing through telescopes. On the extreme right is a doorway placarded: 'Hot Sea Baths'; a fat man with a crutch walks in. In the background a jetty projects from the sands, with a windlass, and packages of goods.

Associated names
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department