Clearing a wreck on the north coast of Cornwall [graphic] / drawn & etched by Rowlandson.

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Title: Clearing a wreck on the north coast of Cornwall [graphic] / drawn & etched by Rowlandson.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Copyright Date: [1822]
Abstract: "Beach scene, a single-masted ship keeled on its side at centre right, men working on it and unloading barrels into an ox-drawn cart, two other carts heading away in procession behind at left; in another procession in the same direction, a cart with bodies laid out, a man and two women following, a man throwin up his arms, another carrying a man on his shoulders; at right, a man and woman praying or wringing their hands over a corpse of a sailor lying on the beach; sea at right, rocky cliffs jutting out onto the beach and shore at left."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Date of publication from Grego.
Plate from: Rowlandson's sketches from nature. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1822].
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 18.9 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 20 x 24.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1822.
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Subject (Geographic): Cornwall (England : County)
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 373