Summer amusement at Margate, or, A peep at the mermaids [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 September 1813]eng"In the foreground is a low cliff or bank overlooking the sands; from this four elderly men are eagerly and delightedly looking through telescopes at naked ladies disporting in the sea. An angry woman (right) tugs at the coat-tails of one of them; she has a tiny sunshade, and like her husband is grossly fat. Bathing machines are in the water, with hoods covering the steps to the sea. A fat bathing woman pushes a lady up the steps of a machine. Behind the spectators is a 'Circulating Library'; above the lower floors is a large balcony from which more men are gazing through telescopes. On the extreme right is a doorway placarded: 'Hot Sea Baths'; a fat man with a crutch walks in. In the background a jetty projects from the sands, with a windlass, and packages of goods. Behind are small vessels."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Probably reissue; first half of imprint statement has been burnished from plate.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego.Plate numbered "211" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3."Price one shilling coloured."--Lower right corner of design.1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 31.7 cm.Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number and partial loss of printmaker's signature.Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.