Bathing Machines. Aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson, 1790. Two Horse drawn bathing machines on beach and three in the sea. Two women and man whose hat has blown off on beach looking towards the bathing huts. Men and women in hats descending wooden steps from cliff to beach. Windmill on cliff. Fisherman with boats right foreground. One is repairing nets. Drawn by Rowlandson. Tinted by Alken. Published June 1, 1790 by Messrs Robinsons Paternoster Row. Windmill on cliff. Fisherman with boats. One is repairing nets.
Two Horse drawn bathing machines on beach and three in the sea. Two women and man whose hat has blown off on beach looking towards the bathing huts. Men and women in hats descending wooden steps from cliff to beach. Windmill on cliff. Fisherman with boats right foreground. One is repairing nets. Drawn by Rowlandson. Tinted by Alken. Published June 1, 1790 by Messrs Robinsons Paternoster Row. Written in pencil on reverse: Satin (?) 1948. Also says, Seaside Souvenirs (Wigstead & Rowlandson, "Excursion to Brighthelmstone", 1790, pl.6).
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