A sailor smiling at the viewer is counting with pleasure the coins he drops from one hand to another. To the left, a barmaid is stirring a drink in a punch bowl while looking with at him with expectation
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Queen Caroline walks down a plank balanced between a jolly boat and the shore; she is assisted by her son-in-law Prince Leopald, dressed in black. A cheering crowd stands on the beach, waving their hats in the air, behind an officer who tips his hat a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
W.B. Walker
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Belgium.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, and Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Arrivals & departures, British, Sailors, Ships, Queens, and Kings
"Two burly fierce-looking sailors drink together; each sits on an inverted tub, smoking a pipe, a paper of tobacco on the plain round table between them. One (l.) says: "Why Jack! you was so long in a French Prison, I suppose you larnt to patter their...
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save...
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece."
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
"John Bull, as a burly and ugly sailor, sits enthroned (right), listening to Melville's plea of innocence. Melville, in Highland dress, and wearing a feathered bonnet, stands in profile to the right. with clasped hands and flexed knees; he says: "Inde...
Alternative Title:
Iohn Bull makeing a naval enqury John Bull making a naval enquiry
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1st, 1805, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811., and Trotter, Alexander, 1750-1830
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Sailors, British, Thrones, Ethnic stereotypes, and Pleading (Begging)
"John Bull, as a gigantic sailor, clasping both sides of a small boat, peers like an angry ogre at three French ships off the French coast, indicated by a cliff. The ships are in a row, their bows cut off by the left margin. Napoleon stands on the poo...
Alternative Title:
John Bull peeping into Brest
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Roberts, Middle Row
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Sailors, and Ships
publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.02.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times Plate 1' (Paulson 211) contrasting particular elements of that print to suggest that Lord Bute is creating faction within the country while Pitt and his supporters attempt to calm the situation. St James's Pa...
Alternative Title:
John Bull's house set in flames
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Fires, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Bellows, Flatulence, Fire fighting, and Sailors
Leaf 65. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decorat...
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708., Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734., and Rosedale, John (Mariner)
"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decorat...
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Etched & pub. by T. Rowlandson, April 26, 1807, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Name):
George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734., and Rosedale, John (Mariner)
"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decorat...
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Etched & pub. by T. Rowlandson, April 26, 1807, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Name):
George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734., and Rosedale, John (Mariner)
"An English sailor (left) with clenched fists faces Holland, France, Spain, and America, all but the first appearing "hors de combat". Numbers indicate the names of the 'Four Confederates which are given below the design. (1) America (right), "Yanky D...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, no. 35 Cheapside, Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Fighting, Sailors, British, 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 sailor in a shore town greets a fellow sailor in front of a tavern and converse about the pleasures of shore leaves. A smiling young woman dances with her hands on her hips as a man plays a fiddle. Another woman sits close to another man a table ou...
Alternative Title:
Jack and his doxy
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Published 20th Octr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Musicians, Prostitutes, Sailors, Ships, Taverns (Inns), and Violins
"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. Th...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Couples, Sailors, British, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
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...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
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...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
The print celebrates the British defeat of the French and Spanish in the Battle of the First of June 1794 under the command of Admiral Richard Howe. A British sailor stands on a wharf in front a pub, silhouetted by two British flags; he is grinning at...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st Augt. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
First of June, Battle of the, 1794, Bars, Sailors, British, Victories, and Sailing ships
A sailor, his ship in the distant background on the left, holds the arm of a young girl as she stands weeping in front of a tree. In the background outside the doorway of a house sit a chair and spinning wheel
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Map, Chart, and Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
"John Bull (left), wearing a star centred by a heart: 'Queens Order of Knighthood', furiously kicks Italian witnesses from a quay into the sea, where (right) a boat waits to take them to a packet-boat. His bull-dog is about to bite, and he raises a ma...
Alternative Title:
Kick from Harwich to Holland
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Witnesses, Ethnic stereotypes, Boats, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), Demons, Nooses, Gallows, Daggers & swords, Handguns, Keys (Hardware), Bags, Lawyers, Sailors, and British
Bound manuscript diary ([275] pages) which begins on March 18, 1879, as Benson leaves Boston for Madagascar and Zanzibar. He arrives in Tamature (Toamasina), Madagascar, in mid-June 1879, spends a month in port, and then two weeks in Zanzibar. After s...
Description:
Charles Benson (1830-1881) was an African American sailor serving as steward on the bark Glide, a merchant ship carrying bales of cotton goods to Madagascar and Zanzibar, and picking up rubber there. For further information on Benson and his diaries s...
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts, Salem., United States., Madagascar, United States, Madagascar., Tanzania, Zanzibar., and Zanzibar
Subject (Name):
Benson, Charles A., 1830-1881., Benson, Margaret Jenny, (d. 1921), and Glide (Bark)
Subject (Topic):
African American sailors, Merchant ships, Sailors, Medical care, Seafaring life, and Commerce
"The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 15 Decr. 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Ropes, Saws, Sailors, British, Soldiers, Military uniforms, Rifles, Lions, Crowns, Spears, Decapitations, Nooses, and Monks
"The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 15 Decr. 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Ropes, Saws, Sailors, British, Soldiers, Military uniforms, Rifles, Lions, Crowns, Spears, Decapitations, Nooses, and Monks
"The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 15 Decr. 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Ropes, Saws, Sailors, British, Soldiers, Military uniforms, Rifles, Lions, Crowns, Spears, Decapitations, Nooses, and Monks
A barge sailing along a hilly shore has as the figure-head at the high stern a bearded, Semitic face with a high pompadour of hair. Above it waves a huge ensign. Beneath the flag a man plays on the fiddle. The crew of eight, in shirts with black ties ...
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publd. accordg. to the act by J. Lockington, Shug Lane
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Sailors
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very ...
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.07.02.04.1 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very ...
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
The mast slants across the deisgn backed by a sail bellying in the wind. W.B. [i.e. William Blockhead] sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied a...
Alternative Title:
Enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Navy, Sea life, Reading, Sailors, British, and Ships
"The Blockhead family, seemingly older by some ten years, admire W. B., now a sturdy young man, in smart tight-waisted lieutenant's uniform with knee-breeches. He looks over his shoulder at his reflection in a cheval-glass, beside which stands another...
Alternative Title:
Mr. B. promoted to Lieutenant and first putting on his uniform Mr. B promoted to Lieut. and first putting on his uniform
"A boarding party on the deck of a French ship engaged in a furious mêlée. Mr. B. lunges forward, piercing an officer through the heart with his sword. A burly sailor stretches over his head to strike aside a spear which a Frenchman is about to plunge...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Naval warfare, Ships, French, Sailors, and British
Leaf 8. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A British and a French sailor addressing one another. The British sailor stands full-face, a club in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. He wears a crowned hat, a handkerchief knotted round his neck, and wide, knee-length trousers. He scowls th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 9th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Sailors, French, and Clothing & dress
"A British and a French sailor addressing one another. The British sailor stands full-face, a club in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. He wears a crowned hat, a handkerchief knotted round his neck, and wide, knee-length trousers. He scowls th...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 9th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
"A British and a French sailor addressing one another. The British sailor stands full-face, a club in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. He wears a crowned hat, a handkerchief knotted round his neck, and wide, knee-length trousers. He scowls th...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 9th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
"A scene on the poop of a man-of-war. A lean and shambling civilian, his hat tied on by a spotted handkerchief, clutches the coat-tail of a sailor to say: "My dear Friend - I understand you are Captain of this here ship - and they says a how the Enemy...
"In a bare but neat ale-house room three Greenwich pensioners are in deep and heated discussion at a table before the fire. They point to fragments of pipe stem, arranged to show the position of ships in some engagement. Two sit, one stands; two have ...
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor heaves a donkey over the railing of a small enclosure, holding its fore-legs across his shoulders, so that the beast looks over his head. Another sailor stoops to support the ass's hindquarters on his own back. A paunchy man wearing top-boot...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Janry. 1, 1818, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Boots, Dogs, Pipes (Smoking), Donkeys, Sailors, British, and Staffs (Sticks)
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor heaves a donkey over the railing of a small enclosure, holding its fore-legs across his shoulders, so that the beast looks over his head. Another sailor stoops to support the ass's hindquarters on his own back. A paunchy man wearing top-boot...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Janry. 1, 1818, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Boots, Dogs, Pipes (Smoking), Donkeys, Sailors, British, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Three sailors sitting on trunks on board a ship, grimacing as they read papers. At centre one points to his paper, saying, 'Did you ever hear such palaver Jack - Just before an Action'; his paper is inscribed, 'nothing opposes the individual esteem e...
Alternative Title:
British sailors perusing the dispatches from Cadiz
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Moore, John, Sir, 1761-1809. and Rosily-Mesros, François de, 1748-1832.
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Sailors, British, Decks (Ships), Luggage, Newspapers, Cannons, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
"The Duke of Clarence (three-quarter length), dressed as a rough sailor, stands full-face with folded arms, looking to the right with a belligerent stare. He wears a shapeless hat, a naval coat, striped trousers, a handkerchief knotted round his neck....
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, 37 Old Bond Strt
"The Duke of Clarence (three-quarter length), dressed as a rough sailor, stands full-face with folded arms, looking to the right with a belligerent stare. He wears a shapeless hat, a naval coat, striped trousers, a handkerchief knotted round his neck....
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, 37 Old Bond Strt
A scene on a street: a sailor with a bag beside him offers to sell a young man a new handkerchief as his accomplice steals his hankerchief from his back pocket
