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201.
Sweet William of Plymouth

Published / Created:
[between 1790 and 1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Date of publication supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-lane, West-Smithfield, London
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Deception in literature, and Love
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sweet William of Plymouth

202.
The Goodhurst garland. In three parts

Published / Created:
[1750?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Verse - "A sailor courted a farmer's daughter,". - In four columns with the title and an ornamental rule above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Man-woman relationships, Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Sailors, and Wealth
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Goodhurst garland. In three parts

203.
The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1790.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An illustration to the song 'By Mr. Dibdin' which is engraved beneath the title. The old pensioner with a wooden leg, a pipe in his left hand, a cudgel under his left arm, stands, directed to the left, pointing across the Thames at the river front of...
Description:
Title from text below image and above verses.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Pipes (Smoking), Sailors, British, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].

204.
The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1848?]
Call Number:
848.00.00.90
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old pensioner in the Greenwich Hospital uniform sits on a chair as he smokes his pipe
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, British, Pipes (Smoking), and Veterans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].

205.
The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 22d Septr. 1790.
Call Number:
790.09.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Riou, Edward, 1762-
Subject (Topic):
Axes, Icebergs, Livestock, Rescue work, Sailors, Ships, Shipwrecks, Telescopes, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].

206.
The Royal George's cruize in the year 2777 with the short sighted cockswain at the helm, Sawney at

Published / Created:
Augt. 9, 1777.
Call Number:
777.08.09.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on governmental policy towards America, depicting the deck of a sailing ship, with George III at the helm between 2 large masts. Behind him is the tartan-clad Earl of Bute, and at the rail the Devil casts the lead, announcing "no bottom." The...
Alternative Title:
Royal George's cruise in the year two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Williams bookseller, near the Mitre Tavern Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and America.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Sailing ships, Helms, Devil, and Sailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Royal George's cruize in the year 2777 with the short sighted cockswain at the helm, Sawney at the cun, and the Devil at the lead [graphic].

209.
The balance of justice NB in a few days will be published the old gunner lashed to the shrouds

Published / Created:
[3 March 1802]
Call Number:
802.03.03.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"From the opposite ends of a horizontal balance hang (left) a triangle from which are suspended the corpses of thirteen sailors, and (right) the body of a military officer in uniform (Governor Wall); all have bandaged eyes. The balance hangs in front ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pud. March 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Mutiny), Mutiny, Courtrooms, Hangings (Executions), Justice, Military officers, British, and Sailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The balance of justice NB in a few days will be published the old gunner lashed to the shrouds. [graphic]

210.
The cabin boy [graphic].

Published / Created:
[8 June 1807]
Call Number:
807.06.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to engraved verses. A theatrical cabin-boy of feminine appearance, wearing a striped shirt and dark trousers, sings with his back to the sea, and within a few inches of the breakers. On the right are pasteboard rocks. A small boat is sinking,...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 8, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Sailors, British, Singing, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cabin boy [graphic].

211.
The flight from Dover The arrival at Calais / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
768.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A pair of scenes on one plate, each with its own title, from The Political Register, September 1768, facing page 129. The scenes satirise the unpopularity and the alleged corruption and disloyalty of Lord Bute as he embarked on a trip to France. In t...
Description:
Two separately titled images on one plate; titles engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Arrivals & departures, Forts & fortifications, Monks, Musical instruments, Peg legs, Sailors, British, Violins, and Witches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The flight from Dover The arrival at Calais / [graphic]

212.
The flowing can [graphic].

Published / Created:
[21 April 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.18.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a tavern, sailors in uniform are carousing; one dances with a woman in the centre, as another plays a violin on the left in front of diamond-patterned casement windows; others are drinking (mugs in hand) or smoking clay pipes. A couple kiss and emb...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 21st April 1791 by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dance, Eating & drinking, Kissing, Model ships, Musicians, Sailors, Smoking, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The flowing can [graphic].

214.
The interior of a midshipman's birth [graphic]

Published / Created:
Aug. 1st, 1835.
Call Number:
835.08.01.20+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Midshipmen at table in a confined space, with a low roof, lit by a candle stuck in a bottle, which casts heavy shadows. They drink grog from tea-cups with a blue interior rim. Eight midshipmen sit at the table, bare except for a jug and bottle; of th...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Sailors, British, Interiors, Intoxication, Ships, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The interior of a midshipman's birth [graphic]

215.
The lucky escape, or, Jolly carpenter [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 October 1793]
Call Number:
793.10.24.02 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside a pretty well-kept cottage a young woman kneels pleading before a farmer in a smock holding his hand as she jestures to a sailor. The sailor in response jestures to her. In the distance is a ship on the water. A bird hangs in a cage just out...
Alternative Title:
Jolly carpenter
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 24th Octr. 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Birdcages, Carpenters, Chickens, Dwellings, Plows, Sailors, British, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The lucky escape, or, Jolly carpenter [graphic].

217.
The sailor [graphic].

Published / Created:
[July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sailor in uniform stands before a maid on a city street. She looks with suprises at the letter in her hand which apparently just handed to her. Behind them is a hackney coach
Description:
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1792 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Sailors, British, Servants, Staffs (Sticks), Streets, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor [graphic].

218.
The sailor riding to Portsmouth [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 20 May 1782.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sailor, holding a bowl of water, sits on a bucking horse. The townspeople seem to mock the sailor
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Sailors and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor riding to Portsmouth [graphic].

219.
The sailor's pleasure [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.68
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a sailor returned to land seated at a table with a purse full of gold coins, raising his glass with a full punch-bowl and pipe."
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Coins, Eating & drinking, Sailors, British, Military uniforms, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor's pleasure [graphic].

220.
The sailor's present, or, The jealous clown [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [1778?]
Call Number:
778.00.00.10+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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...
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."
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor's present, or, The jealous clown [graphic]

221.
The sailor's return [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17 June 1793]
Call Number:
793.06.17.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
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 t...
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor's return [graphic].

222.
The sailors race [graphic].

Published / Created:
[25 October 1793]
Call Number:
793.10.25.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three sailors race on horses along a beach as a dog chases them
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Oct. 25, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Horse racing, Sailors, British, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailors race [graphic].

223.
The true British tar [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 22 Septr. 1785.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor (left), who grins over his shoulder at the spectator, sits on a corded sea-chest pointing at his prize-money which is heaped up on a larger chest in front of him, coins spilling over the top of the chest. He is gaily dressed, wearing a hat w...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Pipes (Smoking), Sailors, British, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The true British tar [graphic].

225.
Tit for tat; or the merry wives of Wapping

Published / Created:
[1765?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Merry wives of Wapping
Description:
Caption title above first two columns.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter-street, Fleet Market
Subject (Name):
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Adultery, Cuckolds, Ballads, English, Husband and wife, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tit for tat; or the merry wives of Wapping

226.
VD don't smear your ship. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1942]
Call Number:
Poster0152
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
USN Bureau of Naval Personnel and U.S. Government Printing Office
Subject (Name):
United States. Navy.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Military, Sexually transmitted diseases, World War, 1939-1945, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Sailors, and Ships
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > VD don't smear your ship. [graphic]

227.
VD may ruin your career [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1942]
Call Number:
Poster0153
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
USN Bureau of Naval Personnel and U.S. Government Printing Office
Subject (Name):
United States. Navy.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Military, Sexually transmitted diseases, World War, 1939-1945, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Sailors, and Ships
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > VD may ruin your career [graphic]

228.
VD nothing to be proud of. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1942]
Call Number:
Poster0151
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
USN Bureau of Naval Personnel and U.S. Government Printing Office
Subject (Name):
United States. Navy.
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Medicine, Military, Sailors, Sick persons, and Ships
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > VD nothing to be proud of. [graphic]

229.
[Frontispiece to The negotiators, or, Don Diego brought to reason. An excellent new ballad

Published / Created:
[1738]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satirical ballad on the unwillingness of the British government to go to war with Spain with a woodcut illustration derived from British Museum Satires No. 2355 showing Robert Walpole holding the tail of the British Lion which holds a staff topped by...
Alternative Title:
Negotiators, or, Don Diego brought to reason
Don Diego brought to reason
Description:
Title and publication information from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
R. Thompson
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757
Subject (Topic):
Whips, Carts & wagons, Lions, Sailors, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The negotiators, or, Don Diego brought to reason. An excellent new ballad] [graphic].

230.
[Sailors at rest] from a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H. Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[24 June 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 43. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of sailors at rest, one leaning against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand, opposite him three of his companions are grouped around a barrel while another is in an embrace with a woman on a sack in the foreground, a figure behind him l...
Alternative Title:
From a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H. Bunbury Esqr
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Portsmouth (England)
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Drinking vessels, Boats, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Sailors at rest] from a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H. Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]

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