A young sailor follows a young woman wearing a lavish dress who is walking in a garden; belvedere in the background. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850 (?).
- Date:
- [1850?]
- Reference:
- 573403i
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Description
She wears an elaborate hat and a bustle, holds a parasol, and is accompanied by a lapdog
Publication/Creation
Dublin (35 New-Row West) : John F. Nugent and Co., Steam-machine printers and publishers, [1850?] (Dublin (35 New-Row West) : John F. Nugent and Co., Steam-machine printers and publishers)
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, with watercolour ; image 49.1 x 37.6 cm
Related material
Forms a pair with : A sailor and a young woman with her breasts exposed are seated on a settee; a table with two glasses and a bottle in the foreground. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850 (?). (Wcat)573413i
Lettering
Jack on a cruise. Avast there -- back your maintopsail.
References note
Antony Griffiths, The print before photography, London 2016, p. 385, fig. 24.11 ("is cut on a metal plate and is printed in relief, 488 x 380 mm")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 573403i
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