Mink [?] eating a fish Finish:Rolled he advent of the railways

he advent of the railways had made Sunday excursions popular amongst the skilled working class

Original is oil on canvas 71x81

In the left background a Frenchman weeps before a bust of Napoleon

On the desk is an ink well

A soot sweeper carrying his brush and sack past the Foundling Hospital

Mink [?] eating a fish Finish:Rolled he advent of the railwaysVignette of a predatory mammal, possibly a mink, eating a landed fish within reeds. Closing vignette (p. 405) from 'Nuove sperienze intorno alla dolcificazione dell'acqua del mare', by Antonio Mario Lorgna, Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, vol. 3 (1786) pp. 375 405. Original: woodcut engraving. 1786