New Hastings. Warm and Cold Sea Water Baths.
New Hastings; Fulham: circa 1825.
Engraved, illustrated trade card (10 x 14 cm. image area, with full margins). A trade card advertisement for baths in New Hastings on the southeast coast of England. The fine view is that of an elegant two-story brick building with a few genteel couples strolling in the foreground. Prices are given for hot baths, cold baths, showers, and servants. The engraving is signed "J. Rouse, Drawing Master, Fulham. "James Rouse (fl. 1815 - 1830). Rouse illustrated several plate books. One, An Illustrated Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands (1816-17) with George Cruikshank; and also, Hypermyriorama of Sussex (1824), with eighteen colored plates; and Beauties and Antiquities of Sussex (1825). Fine.
Price: $375.00