A woman in fine clothes and a large bonnet is invited by a young man to go on a river trip to Richmond-on-Thames. Coloured etching.

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35877i
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Description

She misunderstands him, confusing a steamer as a boat with a steamer as a cooker of foods (the letter sense justified by a citation in the Oxford English dictionary from 1814 : "Stew-pans, hot dressers, steamers, digesters")

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; sheet 16.4 x 11 cm.

Lettering

I say we'r all agoing to Richmond on the steamer. Lawd Sam aint you afeared of being blowed up? Scenes in London No. 43.

Creator/production credits

By Robert Seymour?

Reference

Wellcome Collection 35877i

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