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Wood engraving of a woman in a headscarf sitting at night beside a glowing lantern, oysters and a bowl on a barrel, under a printed newspaper masthead.

A woman selling oysters at night. Wood engraving by H. Linton after H. Morland.

A woman in a headscarf and shawl leans over a barrel at night, lit by a glowing lantern, beside a heap of oysters and a metal bowl. The dark wood engraving, printed on the masthead of the Illustrated Times, shows the figure bathed in the lantern's warm light against a shadowed background.

Artist
Morland, Henry Robert, approximately 1716 1797.
Date
1855
Medium
Wood engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2727 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1855.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Mujer vendiendo ostras de noche, Illustrated Times 1855

Una mujer con pañuelo en la cabeza y chal se inclina sobre un barril por la noche, iluminada por un farol encendido, junto a un montón de ostras y un cuenco de metal. El grabado en madera oscuro, impreso en la cabecera del Illustrated Times, muestra a la figura bañada por la cálida luz del farol.

Português: Mulher vendendo ostras à noite, Illustrated Times 1855

Uma mulher de lenço na cabeça e xale inclina-se sobre um barril à noite, iluminada por uma lanterna acesa, ao lado de uma pilha de ostras e de uma tigela de metal. A gravura em madeira escura, impressa no cabeçalho do Illustrated Times, mostra a figura banhada pela luz quente da lanterna.