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Image: Summer Amusement at Margate, or a Peep at the Mermaids

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Summer Amusement at Margate, or a Peep at the Mermaids

1813
19th century
245 x 348 mm (9.6 x 13.7 in.)

Thomas Rowlandson, British (English), (1756-1757–1827)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching with hand coloring on wove paper
Print impression quality: Very good
Edition: Published September 1, 1813, by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Rowlandson Del.”; inscribed in plate, lower right: date and publisher
Bibliography: Joseph Grego vol. 2, p. 254; British Museum Sat 12144; see British Museum Sat 6758 on Margate as a “plebian watering-place.”
Credit Line: Purchase funds, 1965
Accession Number: 1965.14.5

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This object has the following keywords:
beaches, satire*, seasons, social satire, sports*, summer
  • beaches
  • satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
  • seasons
  • social satire
  • sports - Use for games that involve a reasonable degree of individual skill and physical prowess. [June 1993 related term added. March 1993 scope note changed; related terms added; descriptor moved. February 1991 scope note added; alternate term added.]
  • summer

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  • plate Dimensions: 245 x 348 mm (9.6 x 13.7 in.)

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