Oysters. Oysters. I usd for to cry when the wind blew so hard that my boat could not ply- (BM 1868,0808.6170)

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