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 (?).

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[1850?]
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573403i
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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 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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")

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Wellcome Collection 573403i

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