Summer Showers. Shelter on the Sands

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Artist/Maker	Rock & Co. (publishers) J. Simmons & Sons (Printer and publisher) Thomas Onwhyn (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

A group of men, women and children under a shelter on the beach. Two young women with long hair and short skirts exposing their ankles are in the front, one with a man resting his hand on her shoulder. The women in the background look disapproving.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.

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Categories	Visiting and Announcement Cards Caricatures & Cartoons Satire Prints
Object type	Satirical print
Title	Summer Showers. Shelter on the Sands (published title)
Materials and techniques	Litho-engraving Lithographic Ink Lithography Engraving
Brief description	'Summer Showers. Shelter on the Sands' One of 30 satirical cards parodying carte-de-visites and calling-cards. Published by J. Simmons & Sons, 1860s.
Physical description	A group of men, women and children under a shelter on the beach. Two young women with long hair and short skirts exposing their ankles are in the front, one with a man resting his hand on her shoulder. The women in the background look disapproving. 1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.
Dimensions	Height: 9.53cm Width: 6.35cm
Credit line	Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2605-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O589040/summer-showers-shelter-on-the-satirical-print-thomas-onwhyn/

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