Jack's return after Lord Howe's glorious victory to the tune of Oh! dear what can the matter be. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Jack's return after Lord Howe's glorious victory to the tune of Oh! dear what can the matter be. [graphic]
- Contributor
- Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 August 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd 1st Augt. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
- Abstract
-
The print celebrates the British defeat of the French and Spanish in the Battle of the First of June 1794 under the command of Admiral Richard Howe. A British sailor stands on a wharf in front a pub, silhouetted by two British flags; he is grinning at the viewer as he holds his prize money in one hand and bludgeon and a roll of paper in the other. Beside him a woman leans in at the window of the pub as a man with a clay pipe in his mouth hands her a bowl of punch; a large dog rests beneath the window at her feet. Several patriotic signs are posted over the pub walls. In the background a man-of-war lies at anchor, and a row boat with several sailors heads towards shore
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Four columns of verse below title: O! Dear had I but words to tell, O! Dear what I this moment feel ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint and text. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 30 x 26 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 794.08.01.03 Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Songs
Mezzotints England London 1794 - Material
- mezzotint ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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First of June, Battle of the, 1794
Bars
Sailors
British
Victories
Sailing ships - Subjects
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First of June, Battle of the, 1794
Bars
Sailors > British
Victories
Sailing ships
England > London > 1794
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7952925
- Object ID (OID)
- 10697334