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Etching of a calm tidal shore with a beached boat, rocks, distant hills, a wooded headland and birds in a pale sky.

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This etching by Frank Short, dated 1891, shows a wide, nearly empty tidal shore stretching toward a calm expanse of water. A weathered boat lies on the sand at left beside rocks, while a low, wooded headland and faint hills rest on the horizon under a pale sky with a few birds. The title The Solway at Midday appears in the lower margin.

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