Plate 8, from "World in Miniature"
One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery."
Three scenes: at top, a shrimping girl shows her shrimp to a man who examines them with an eye glass; at middle, a smock race with an excited crowd running behind them; below, men dig for vegetables and women carry baskets on their heads.
Three scenes: at top, a shrimping girl shows her shrimp to a man who examines them with an eye glass; at middle, a smock race with an excited crowd running behind them; below, men dig for vegetables and women carry baskets on their heads.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 8, from "World in Miniature"
- Series/Portfolio: World in Miniature
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1816
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (24 × 17 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.49.2(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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