Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1759
Shrimp girl
Paul Sandby's drawing of a shrimp seller was meant to be turned into a print for a further series of his 'London Cries'. However, despite making at least seventy-six studies, such as this one, he never published more than the first series of twelve etchings.
Sandby included a number of fish and seafood vendors in his work for the series. Amongst them are fish-, oyster-, crab- and mackerel-sellers. This rather demure shrimp girl is a striking contrast to the raucous girl selling mackerel.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 65.59/9
- Object name:
- Shrimp girl
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- Artist/Maker:
- Sandby, Paul
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- Production date:
- 1759
- Material:
paper, watercolour, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 191 mm, W 144 mm (paper), H 300 mm, W 232 mm (paper support)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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