Sailors carouse in a drunken orgy between decks; hammocks are slung from the roof and drunken sailors vomit over the sides into the crowd. Musicians play fiddles and drums. Men and women drink and dance. A negro fiddles; a Jew sits on the ground ready...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Publisher:
Sherwood Jones & Co.
Subject (Name):
Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Jews, Boys, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Fighting, Military officers, British, Musicians, Robberies, Sailors, and Vomiting
"Sir William Curtis (left), grossly obese, wearing quasi-nautical dress, dines in the cabin of his yacht. The table is littered with wine-glasses; a dish contains a bare bone. Behind his chair is a pile of empty bottles. His broken pipe lies on the gr...
Alternative Title:
Who's afraid, Great & glorious news for old England, and Great and glorious news for old England
"The stern of one of the hoys from London to Margate, with passengers suffering from the effects of a fresh breeze. The steersman, leaning against the tiller, holds up a mug of frothing beer. The eight passengers are in various stages of distress and ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed & publish'd by W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Road Exchange
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Hats, Military uniforms, British, Resorts, Sailors, Ships, Peg legs, and Wigs
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1831]
Call Number:
Maidment i G761 no. 4 Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on Dutch and English sailors. A fat Dutchman on the left, wearing a large hat and holding a long pipe in his right hand, converses with a surly-looking English sailor on the right, who wears a small hat and holds a small pipe, a snuffbox in his...
Alternative Title:
Tort and retort
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
