An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.
- Sheringham, John, Lieutenant.
- Date:
- 1818
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- 24862i
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1818
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1 print : process print ; image 10.4 x 11.6 cm
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G. Cruikshank, after designs by Lieut. John Sheringham, R. N. 1818. The sailor's progress - 6. laid up - a Greenwich pensioner, relating his adventures. ...
Lettering continues with a poem below the image in which the old sailor relates his adventures
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Wellcome Collection 24862i
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