Admiral Nelson recreating with his brave tars after the glorious battle of the Nile [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Admiral Nelson recreating with his brave tars after the glorious battle of the Nile [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 October 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Octr. 20, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
"An imaginary scene on the deck of the 'Vanguard'. The sailors are crowded round an improvised table, drinking and huzza-ing. Nelson and his officers sit abovet hem in the stern; a wounded officer is wrapped in a blanket. An officer takes a glass held up to him by a sailor. One man plays a fiddle. A Turk sits on the deck (left) smoking a long pipe ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Variant state, with two additional stanzas of the song added on each side of the chorus lines. Cf. No. 9256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Three stanzas of a song etched below title in three columns: Verse 1st. Dammy Jack, what a gig, what a true British whim, let the fiddles strike up on the Main. What seaman wou'd care for an eye or a limb to fight o'er the battle again.
Temporary local subject terms: Invasions: Ships decks -- Celebrations -- Sailors -- Turks -- Smoking: pipes -- Dishes: tankards -- Punch bowl -- Drinking glasses -- Musical instruments: fiddle -- Singing.
Mounted to 49 x 62 cm. - Provenance
- Michael Finney; 6 July 2000;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29.7 x 37.3 cm, on sheet 32 x 39 cm
- Edition
- [State with added stanzas].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 798.10.20.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Commemorative prints England 1798
Etchings England London 1798 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
- Subjects
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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8181385
- Object ID (OID)
- 10941276
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