IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 239728 accession number: P.14899-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 9 January 2020 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A street scene which references the tradition of 'Oyster-Day' at the beginning of August, which marked the arrival of fresh oysters into Billingsgate market in London, and the custom among poor children to make money from building oyster-shell grottoes, as can be seen in the left foreground. Some customers can be seen buying oysters at the costermonger's stall on the other side of the street. Written in pencil on the verso: '12/6'. The colours are faded. title: print NOTES ----- type: history note value: Given by G.H.W. Rylands LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by G.H.W. Rylands STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/239728 TECHNIQUES ---------- Baxter-process print TECHNIQUES ---------- embossing CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1853 - 1853 creation date earliest: 1853 creation date latest: 1853 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Le Blond, Abraham maker: Le Blond & Co