"A sailor walking (right to left) arm in arm with a young woman, her right arm in his left. He wears striped trousers, and carries a cane. She wears a ribbon-trimmed hat, short petticoat with an over-dress draped above it at the back, and an apron. Behind are steps leading to a sea-wall, with ships. On the left are trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed and date erased from this impression., Date of imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Numbered in lower left of plate, 459.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sailors, British, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
A sailor holding up his purse, smiling at a young woman he invites to join him and gesturing to left, while she smiles coyly behind her fan and follows; on a hill-top.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sailors, British, Courtesans, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
"A sequel to BMSat 5797. Jack and his prize, the young woman of BMSat 5797, sit side by side on a settee, his left arm round her waist. Beside the woman (right) is a circular table, on which is a wine-bottle and two glasses, one of which she holds. The room is well furnished with a patterned carpet, on the wall which forms the background is a picture of a man seated at a table drinking punch, and a mirror in a carved frame with candle sconce"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Couples, Sailors, British, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
A view of wartime merriment: A procession of sailors and their women, escorted by fiddlers, passes a background of shops towards a gateway across the end of the street (left). The purveyor of the jollification, a sailor who has inherited money, sits astride a cask of 'real Jamaica' supported on poles carried by sailors, who wave hat and tankard towards the crowded first-floor windows. Men and women dance along the street. There are many incidents. A Jew, talking to another Jew outside a shop placarded 'Moses Slop-Shop', has his hat twitched off by the cane of a sailor who leans from above the doorway. The sailors carry an Ensign flag and a flag inscribed 'Leander, and are making for the Point
Alternative Title:
Coxswain's carousal
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Year of publication altered. Ms. '6' added over last digit of 1825.
In a country setting with cows and a windmill in the background, a young milkmaid sits on a bench under an oak tree, receiving a ribbon from a young sailor seated beside her. Another young girl looks on from behind, while the milkmaid's country suitor stands behind sulkily scratching his head. A dog paws at the milkmaid's lap while another drinks from the milking pail
Alternative Title:
Jealous clown
Description:
Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", Numbered in lower left of plate 385., Publication date erased from print., and Torn and repaired.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Sailors, Hats, Couples, Windmills, Dairy farming, Cows, and Dogs
A sailor (just returned, his dropped knapsack in the right foreground) supports his swooning wife, overcome at seeing him return, outside a thatched cottage, while a little girl and a little boy (broom in hand) on the left hurry up to help; a pig in the foreground, two lush trees in the yard, and a ship and sea in the background; illustration to a song., Title etched below image and above verses., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered '300' in lower left of plate., Three columns of verse, each 14 lines, below title: Bleak was the morn when William left his Nancy ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bags, Brooms & brushes, Children, Couples, Dwellings, Homecomings, Sailors, British, Ships, Swine, and Young adults
A view of wartime merriment: A procession of sailors and their women, escorted by fiddlers, passes a background of shops towards a gateway across the end of the street (left). The purveyor of the jollification, a sailor who has inherited money, sits astride a cask of 'real Jamaica' supported on poles carried by sailors, who wave hat and tankard towards the crowded first-floor windows. Men and women dance along the street. There are many incidents. A Jew, talking to another Jew outside a shop placarded 'Moses Slop-Shop', has his hat twitched off by the cane of a sailor who leans from above the doorway. The sailors carry an Ensign flag and a flag inscribed 'Leander', and are making for the Point. See British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Coxswain's carousal
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15212 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 218.