A scene in the channel [graphic]

Description

Title: A scene in the channel [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [1816]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: In the hull of a ship, sea-sick men lay in their bunks, some vomiting over the side; an overturned chamber pot sits in the middle of the floor. One hardy-looking man heads up the ladder with a simple sextant in his arm. Sea chests are seen below the bunks and swords are hung on the walls
Description: Title from caption below image.
Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Variant lacking imprint statement. Cf. No. 12720 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 13.5 x 21.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1816
Aquatints England London 1816
Etchings England London 1816
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Chamber pots
Motion sickness
Ships
Vomiting
Subjects: Chamber pots
Motion sickness
Ships
Vomiting
England > 1816
England > London > 1816

Access: Public
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