Oysters. Oysters. I usd for to cry when the wind blew so hard that my boat could not ply-, Isaac Cruikshank, 1792

A man walks (right to left) on the sea-shore followed at a short distance by a woman. He carries a small basket of oysters on his left arm, and holds a long walking-stick in his right hand. His right leg, which is raised, is shorter than the other, the shoe having a high heel. He wears a fashionable high-crowned hat with a frilled shirt, but is plain, with ill-dressed hair and long old-fashioned waistcoat and buckled shoes. The woman is younger and more fashionably dressed. He says, "do you not think i am like the king of prusia. Or do you perceive i go lame. " she answers, "a great resemblence nor can i observe you go the least lame. " her true thoughts are inscribed behind her: 'what a despicable old dog he is but i must flatter him my life for it ill get the lame side of him no more of the flour nor yet of the cheese but i'll cuc - i the old man when ever i plese' 19 march 1792 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 331 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Oysters. Oysters. I usd for to cry when the wind blew so hard that my boat could not ply- (BM 1868,0808.6170)