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The sailor's description of a chase & capture / J. Sherm invt. [Lieut. John Sheringham R.N.] ; G. Cruikshank fect.
hand colored engraving
7 x 9 1/8 in.; with text and border: 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2104
Published:
[London] : G. Humphrey, 1822.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
A burly sailor (right) sits with five other sailors, one of whom is black, and two perhaps being petty officers, drinking grog at a plank-table slung from the roof. They have a tub of grog inscribed 13 on the table, another hangs from the roof. He tells his story with an expression of rapt, good-humoured pugnacity, his words (19 lines) engraved below the title. All listen intently, with approving smile
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