The naval nurse, or, Modern commander [graphic]

Description

Title: The naval nurse, or, Modern commander [graphic]
Alternative Title: Modern commander
Creator: Attwold, R., active 1750, printmaker
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1764]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: "A boy officer in cabin sitting by a bowl of punch and smoking, with servant."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication date based on Carington Bowles's separation of his own business from his father's. Cf. I. Maxted. London book trades.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Two columns of verse below title: From Mid: to Lieutenant, bluff, quickly doth rise ...
Companion print to: The military nurse, or Modern officer.
Copy of a print of the same title published in 1750. Cf. No. 3089 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Mounted to 29 x 21 cm.
Watermark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 16 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1764
Etchings England London 1764
Watermarks (Paper) Band
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
England
Subject (Name): Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752
Subject (Topic): Promotions
Cannons
Military uniforms
British
Ships
Subjects: Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752 > Caricatures and cartoons
Promotions > Great Britain
Cannons > England > 18th century
Military uniforms > British > 18th century
Ships
England > 1764
England > London > 1764
Band

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