A scene on a rocky, desolate beach, with some scattered shells and one large tree; from the tree hangs a tattered net, and just off the shore floats a wrecked galley. On land, in the foreground, a skeleton lies stretched out on his back, beside him is a skull, hidden in the weeds, and beneath him, a harpoon. Additions in pen and ink have been made to the print, transforming some objects' identities. Faces have been given to the rocks in the distance, as well as to a lobster basket on the far right, the galley rudder has become a skeletal head, and the mast a skeletal leg. Above the rocks, a skeleton hangs suspended from a thin tree, and in the sky, a winged skeleton flies upwards, holding out a bottle towards one reclining and several snarling figures in the clouds.  1772 (?)
<br>Etching and aquatint in shades of brown, overdrawn in pen and black ink
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<p>Print made by: Peter Perez Burdett
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<dl><dd>Drawn by: John Hamilton Mortimer</dd></dl></div>
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