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A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
- Date:
- 1806
- Reference:
- 26286i
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About this work
Description
Set outside an inn on the Thames at Greenwich, with the Royal Naval Hospital in the distance
Publication/Creation
1806
Physical description
1 print : process print ; image 11.6 x 16.6 cm
Lettering
Dick Dock, or the lobster and crab. (the veterans.) I. & G. Cruikshank. 1806. ...
Lettering note
Lettering continues with two stanzas of verse, "Dick Dock, or the lobster and crab"
Lettering continues on the reverse of the sheet with a second poem accompanying the etching entitled "The lads of the ocean"
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 26286i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores