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Image derived from Rowlandson's "A Fresh Breeze" (Aug. 4, 1789) (the latter shows the royal family on board a vessel with the sail is inscribed "Southampton Frigate," and shows the king, queen, two princesses and beefeaters, all seasick.
This variation was etched by Rowlandson's friend, the young artist Charles Catton, with the passengers transformed into non-royals (first pub. by W. Hinton , 1784).
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Title: The Margate Hoy
Artist:
Charles Catton, Jr. (British, London 1756–1819 New Paltz, New York)
Artist:
After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher:
Thomas Ravenhill (British, active London, ca. 1785)
Publisher:
Republished by S. W. Fores (London)
Date: August 19, 1789
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 15/16 in. (30.8 × 45.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.342
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