Old oak & saplin a sketch from nature. [graphic]

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Title: Old oak & saplin a sketch from nature. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Old oak and sapling
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [24 October 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 24th Octr., 1796, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title from item.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Two lines of text below image: Why damme! Messmate you're done up ...
Plate numbered '173' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Beer barrels -- Dishes: tankards -- Drunkenness.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Engravings England London 1796
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Sailors
British
Military uniforms
Barrels
Beer
Drinking vessels
Pipes (Smoking)
Smoking
Intoxication
Subjects: Sailors > British
Military uniforms
Barrels
Beer
Drinking vessels
Pipes (Smoking)
Smoking
Intoxication
England > 1796
England > London > 1796

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