The sailor's pleasure [graphic].

Description

Title: The sailor's pleasure [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: "Satire: a sailor returned to land seated at a table with a purse full of gold coins, raising his glass with a full punch-bowl and pipe."
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered '204' in lower left corner.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.3 x 11.5 cm, on sheet 18 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Mezzotints England London 1770
Genre prints
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bowls (Tableware)
Coins
Eating & drinking
Sailors
British
Military uniforms
Pipes (Smoking)
Subjects: Bowls (Tableware)
Coins
Eating & drinking
Sailors > British
Military uniforms > British
Pipes (Smoking)
England > London > 1770

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