A man buys an oyster from a woman behind the counter in a London oyster saloon. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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[1839]
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29761i
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John Dounce, a widower, comes across a newly opened oyster-saloon in London and becomes infatuated with the woman who serves behind the counter there, but she rejects his proposal. Also for sale in the shop in Cruikshank's etching are Purt's ginger beer and Webb's soda water

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London (186 Strand) : Chapman & Hall, [1839]

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1 print : etching ; image 11.5 x 9 cm

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Mr John Dounce. George Cruikshank

References note

Philip V. Allingham, Victorian web http://www.victorianweb.org/ (as originally published in 1835, but redrawn by Cruikshank for publication in 1839 after Dickens had bought back the copyright, and published by Chapman & Hall)

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Wellcome Collection 29761i

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