Mr. B. seeking the Bubble reputation [graphic]

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Title
Mr. B. seeking the Bubble reputation [graphic]
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

"A boarding party on the deck of a French ship engaged in a furious mêlée. Mr. B. lunges forward, piercing an officer through the heart with his sword. A burly sailor stretches over his head to strike aside a spear which a Frenchman is about to plunge into the boy. Men are partly hidden by smoke; cannon-balls are in the air, dead or dying men on the ground. Frenchmen use muskets, English sailors axes and swords. Below: '"the pulse's maddening play That thrills the wanderer of the trackless way That for it self can woo the approaching fight And turn what some deem danger to delight No dread of death, if with us die our foes Save that it seems e'en duller than repose," Byron."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text above image.
Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor tilted diagonally.
Artist identified in the British Museum catalogue.
Two columns of verse below image: "the pulse's maddening play that thrills the wanderer of the trackless way ... Byron.
Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 5.
Earlier state. For 1835 reissue by Thomas McClean cf. no. 14094 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 21.3 x 29 cm, on sheet 26 x 35 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
821.07.19.04

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Aquatints England London 1821
Artists' devices
Material
aquatint and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Topic)
Naval warfare
Ships
French
Sailors
British
Subjects
Naval warfare > England
Ships > French
Sailors > British
Sailors > French
England > 1821
England > London > 1821

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9380960
Object ID (OID)
10969124

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