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Two disabled veteran sailors, employed by an admiral as messengers, delivering a letter to the servant at the front door of a town-house. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1790.
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809
- Date:
- May 1 1790
- Reference:
- 46949i
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Credit: Two disabled veteran sailors, employed by an admiral as messengers, delivering a letter to the servant at the front door of a town-house. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1790. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
The veteran on the left has his right arm in a sling and a patch over his right eye, while his companion on the right has lost his left leg and walks on crutches
Publication/Creation
London (No. 50 Oxford Street) : Pub.d by Will.m Holland, May 1 1790.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; sheet 24.5 x 33.2 cm
Lettering
An admiral's porter. G.M. Woodward del.
References note
Not found in: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires
Reference
Wellcome Collection 46949i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores