- Creator:
- Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790, Britishafter Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797, Britishafter Carington Bowles, 1724–1793, British
- Title:
- The Oyster Woman
- Date:
- 1769
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 15/16 inches (36.9 × 25.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Hen. Morland pinxt."; lower center: "Carington Bowles excudit. | The Oyster Woman."; lower right: "Phil. Dawe fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12024
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- dark | oysters | labor | shucking | oyster knives | working | woman | chiaroscuro | oyster shells | light | shadow | stripes | girl | lantern (lighting device) | headscarf | modesty | shawl | bowl (vessel) | bucket (vessel) | genre subject
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Printing Darkness (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-06-20 - 2025-12-07)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31629