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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist.
- Published / Created:
- 1798 October 20
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- 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:
- Temporary local subject terms: Invasions: Ships decks -- Celebrations -- Sailors -- Turks -- Smoking: pipes -- Dishes: tankards -- Punch bowl -- Drinking glasses -- Musical instruments: fiddle -- Singing., 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., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Nelson, Horatio Nelson,--Viscount,--1758-1805.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Admiral Nelson recreating with his brave tars after the glorious battle of the Nile [graphic] / Rowlandson delin. & sculp.