A sailor, proposed as a member of a society in which masks are worn at meetings, makes enquiries to its chairman using nautical vocabulary. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.

  • Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
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[1869]
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32403i
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A sailor, proposed as a member of a society in which masks are worn at meetings, makes enquiries to its chairman using nautical vocabulary. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The secretary says "Most worthy chairman, Mr Benjamin Block of Wapping Old Stairs attends to be made a member of this ancient and honorable society". The sailor replies at length in naval slang

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[Norwich] : [C.J.W. Winter], [1869]

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1 print : lithograph ; sheet 27 x 38.5 cm

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Jack Tar proposed a member to a Society of Masks. Winter's Folio of drollery. 12 Drawn & litho. by CJWW from a design by Woodward.

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Wellcome Collection 32403i

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