Print, drawing book, George Morland, 1800

Sheet from a drawing book, 'dust sifters', scene in a quarry with a procession of women carrying baskets on their heads ascending a ladder to the top of a kiln; trimmed. 1800, the plate possibly earlier soft-ground etching. Date: 1800. Dimensions: Height:158 mm(sheet, trimmed) Width:210 mm(sheet, trimmed). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, drawing book (BM 1866,1208.421)