Gallery›Wellcome Collection›People are crowded around a table on which there is a large dish of oysters, a woman is standing nearby with a basket of chickens on her head and a young boy is emptying more oysters out of the donkey's panniers. Engraving by William Greatbach after A. Fraser.
People are crowded around a table on which there is a large dish of oysters, a woman is standing nearby with a basket of chickens on her head and a young boy is emptying more oysters out of the donkey's panniers. Engraving by William Greatbach after A. Fraser.
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People are crowded around a table on which there is a large dish of oysters, a woman is standing nearby with a basket of chickens on her head and a young boy is emptying more oysters out of the donkey's panniers. Engraving by William Greatbach after A. Fraser.

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CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The first day of oysters. Painted by A. Fraser. Engraved by Wm. Greatbach.

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