Oyster Seller Collection

Costumes de Différent Pays, Marchande d'huitres des Environs de la Rochelle, c1797
Costumes de Different Pays, Marchande d'huitres des Environs de la Rochelle, c1797

The Oyster Woman, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Oyster Woman, c1780-1825. Rowlandson, by nature and through his interests, was constantly in touch with his surroundings

Oyster Girl, 1797. Creator: Henry Robert Morland
Oyster Girl, 1797

Plate 10, from World in Miniature, 1816. 1816. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Plate 10, from " World in Miniature", 1816

The Oysterman, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Oysterman, 1872. Oysters, seen as a luxury food today, were more widely eaten in earlier centuries. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

The Elephant and Castle Inn, Newington Butts, Southwark, London, 1826. Busy street scene with horse-drawn carriages and a couple narrowly avoiding being run over in the centre

Two oyster sellers, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Two oyster sellers, 1760. Two women carrying baskets of Rare Meltin and Stewing oysters on their heads. From Cries of London, 1760

Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters. An oyster seller, pushing a barrow filled with oysters. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Oysters in the shell!, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Oysters in the shell!, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

Oyster seller, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th May 1902

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