Mr. B. Masthead, or, Enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time [graphic]

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Title: Mr. B. Masthead, or, Enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time [graphic]
Alternative Title: Enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time
Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Contributor: Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848, artist.
Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: July 19th, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: The mast slants across the deisgn backed by a sail bellying in the wind. W.B. [i.e. William Blockhead] sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied an open book: Wilt thou upon [the] high & giddy mast scale the ship[?] bays. O yes & rock his brain. Below is a dialogue between the Lleutenant and Blockhead
Description: Title from text above image.
Print singed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor slanted diagonally.
Artist identified in British Museum catalogue.
Two columns of dialogue below image: Dialogue - Lieut. - Pray Mr. B. Did you call the master? B. no sir I thought ...
Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 4.
For reissue by Thomas McClean in 1835, see no. 14093 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.4 x 29 cm, on sheet 26 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Aquatints England London 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Navy
Sea life
Reading
Sailors
British
Ships
Subjects: Great Britain > Navy > Sea life > Caricatures and cartoons
Reading
Sailors > British
Ships > British
England > 1821
England > London > 1821

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