Jack in his element [graphic].

Description

Title: Jack in his element [graphic].
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 June 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Abstract: Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."
Description: Title engraved below image.
Numbered '301' in lower left below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ...
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 35 x 26 cm.
Some loss of image along top edge.
Provenance: Gift of William M. O'Keefe; July 2010.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 37.0 x 29.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1793
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Sailors
Dwellings
Servants
Spouses
Subjects: Sailors
Dwellings
Servants
Spouses
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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