<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Jack in his element [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>[17 June 1793]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."</dc:description><dc:description>Title engraved below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Numbered '301' in lower left below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed to plate mark.</dc:description><dc:description>Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ...</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>